---
title: "Ruby: regex scanning in a case statement"
kind: article
slug: ruby-regex-scanning-in-a-case-statement
created_at: 2012-05-22
tags:
  - Ruby
  - snippet
---
Here's a handy ruby snippet that might come in handy one day.

When the regex matches (input should end with " today"), you can directly grab the matched value using the special `$1` variable.

    :::ruby
    case input
    when /(.*)\stoday$/i then
      puts "Today: #{$1}"
    end

I think you can see how you can bend this to your own needs.