Re: simple regexp help needed - pull phrase out of string

Hello Max,

Maybe you can try this regex pattern:

irb(main):007:0> str.scan(/password:([^\s]+)/)[0]
=> ["banana"]


Regards,
Patrick


Max Williams wrote:
Hey folks. I feel like this should be easy but it's been a long week
and my brain hurts.

If i have a string like this:

string = "pending: sent at Thu Oct 09 17:25:08 +0100 2008,
password:banana errors: couldn't find user with id 230"

and i want to pull out 'banana', what's an elegant way to do it? The
password will always be followed by a space.

I can think of this:
string.match(/password:[^\s]+/)[0].gsub("password:","")

but it seems a bit clumsy and error prone. Is there a nicer way?
(Passwords can contain non alphanumeric characters btw)


.

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