tomazzlender
Reputation: 1123
Find all matches between two strings with Ruby regex
How to scan for all string between *| and |* in text like
Today is *|date|*. Weather is *|weather_description|*.
using Ruby "string...".scan(...).
I would like to get array of matches: ["date", "weather_description"].
Upvotes: 2
Views: 560
Answers (1)
shivam
Reputation: 16506
"Today is *|date|*. Weather is *|weather_description|*.".scan(/\*\|(.*?)\|\*/).flatten
# => ["date", "weather_description"]
Upvotes: 5
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