Ok guys im looking for something sexy to split this HTML (This HAS to be
done using split, nothing else)

<b>hi</b>, <b>there</b>, <b>fred</b>,

I would like to split them values into an array, Is there any chance
this can be done? Because im beginning to think there isn't

Tia
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Oh, i want all the values inside the <b></b> tags, btw

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On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 09:03:52AM +0900, Lee Jarvis wrote:
> Ok guys im looking for something sexy to split this HTML (This HAS to be
> done using split, nothing else)
>
> <b>hi</b>, <b>there</b>, <b>fred</b>,
>
> I would like to split them values into an array, Is there any chance
> this can be done? Because im beginning to think there isn't
>
> Oh, i want all the values inside the <b></b> tags, btw

str.split(/<b>|<\/b>,|<\/b>, <b>/)

> Tia
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Gregory Seidman wrote:

>> Oh, i want all the values inside the <b></b> tags, btw
>
> str.split(/<b>|<\/b>,|<\/b>, <b>/)

I thought, among other attrocities, that < was a reserved character for
regular expressions.

Not sure about the "has to be done using .split part", if some of us have
studied REXML and Hpricot so thoroughly... (-;

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On Sep 16, 7:03 pm, Lee Jarvis <jarv...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok guys im looking for something sexy to split this HTML (This HAS to be
> done using split, nothing else)
>
> <b>hi</b>, <b>there</b>, <b>fred</b>,
>
> I would like to split them values into an array, Is there any chance
> this can be done? Because im beginning to think there isn't


"<b>hi</b>, <b>there</b>, <b>fred</b>,".scan(/<b>(.*?)<.b>/).
flatten
==>["hi", "there", "fred"]

"<b>hi</b>, <b>there</b>, <b>fred</b>,".
split(%r{<b>|</b>[, ]*(?:<b>)?})
==>["", "hi", "there", "fred"]

Lee Jarvis wrote:
> Ok guys im looking for something sexy to split this HTML (This HAS to be
> done using split, nothing else)
>
> <b>hi</b>, <b>there</b>, <b>fred</b>,
>
> I would like to split them values into an array, Is there any chance
> this can be done? Because im beginning to think there isn't
>
> Tia


There you go ---
f.split(/, |,/)

where f is your string.
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Arindam Goswami wrote:
> Lee Jarvis wrote:
>> Ok guys im looking for something sexy to split this HTML (This HAS to be
>> done using split, nothing else)
>>
>> <b>hi</b>, <b>there</b>, <b>fred</b>,
>>
>> I would like to split them values into an array, Is there any chance
>> this can be done? Because im beginning to think there isn't
>>
>> Tia
>
>
> There you go ---
> f.split(/, |,/)
>
> where f is your string.


Thanks, but i need to values inside the <b> tags, So <b>hello</b> I need
hello..
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On Sep 16, 7:03 pm, Lee Jarvis <jarv...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok guys im looking for something sexy to split this HTML (This HAS to be
> done using split, nothing else)

Why won't your teacher let you use anything
other than split?

Does he know that you are getting your answers
from this forum?

Lee Jarvis wrote:

> Thanks, but i need to values inside the <b> tags, So <b>hello</b> I need
> hello..

Quick and dirty, but it works --

f.split(/, |,/).to_s.split(/<b>/).to_s.split(/<\/b>/)

could not figure out how to do this in one split
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This one is better--

f.split(/<\/b>, <b>|<\/*b>,*/)

but it leaves you with one blank cell
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William James wrote:
> On Sep 16, 7:03 pm, Lee Jarvis <jarv...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ok guys im looking for something sexy to split this HTML (This HAS to be
>> done using split, nothing else)
>
> Why won't your teacher let you use anything
> other than split?
>
> Does he know that you are getting your answers
> from this forum?

Who said it was a teacher, This was for a challenge, And you're not
providing an answers, Just a very ful solution..

Thank you all
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