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+++ 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 $1
variable.
case input
when /(.*)\stoday$/i then
puts "Today: #{$1}"
end
I think you can see how you can bend this to your own needs.