+++
date = "2012-05-22"
title = "Ruby: regex scanning in a case statement"
tags = ["Ruby", "snippet"]
slug = "ruby-regex-scanning-in-a-case-statement"
+++
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.