need to split string into letters and numbers

[shawn bright]

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Hey all

I need to be able to split a string into lumps of numbers and letters.
so for example if st = "JJ542JQ83" would become ['JJ', '542','JQ',"83"]

i have been using st.split(/([a-zA-Z]+)(?=[0-9])/) , this does pretty well
most of the time,
but also fails sometimes to do what i need it to . ( like for 202GP)

any help would be much appreciated, thanks
sk

 

[James Gray]

Hey all
Hello.

I need to be able to split a string into lumps of numbers and letters.
so for example if st = "JJ542JQ83" would become ['JJ',
'542','JQ',"83"]

i have been using st.split(/([a-zA-Z]+)(?=[0-9])/) , this does
pretty well
most of the time,
but also fails sometimes to do what i need it to . ( like for 202GP)

I suggest:

str.scan(/\d+|[a-zA-Z]+/)

Hope that helps.

James Edward Gray II

 

[Robert Dober]

Hey all
Hello.

I need to be able to split a string into lumps of numbers and letters.
so for example if st =3D "JJ542JQ83" would become ['JJ', '542','JQ',"83"= ]

i have been using st.split(/([a-zA-Z]+)(?=3D[0-9])/) , this does pretty = well
most of the time,
but also fails sometimes to do what i need it to . ( like for 202GP)

I suggest:

=A0str.scan(/\d+|[a-zA-Z]+/)

Hope that helps.

James Edward Gray II

ok James so you beat me to the line, but I gotta fancy 1.9 regexen instead =


str.scan /\p{Alpha}+|\p{Digit}+/u

which might help unicoders.

Cheers
Robert




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[Jesús Gabriel y Galán]

Hey all

I need to be able to split a string into lumps of numbers and letters.
so for example if st = "JJ542JQ83" would become ['JJ', '542','JQ',"83"]

i have been using st.split(/([a-zA-Z]+)(?=[0-9])/) , this does pretty well
most of the time,
but also fails sometimes to do what i need it to . ( like for 202GP)

any help would be much appreciated, thanks

Try scan:

irb(main):001:0> s = "JJ234AB2"
=> "JJ234AB2"
irb(main):004:0> s.scan(/[a-zA-Z]+|[0-9]+/)
=> ["JJ", "234", "AB", "2"]
irb(main):005:0> s = "202GP"
=> "202GP"
irb(main):006:0> s.scan(/[a-zA-Z]+|[0-9]+/)
=> ["202", "GP"]

Jesus.

 

[Shajith Chacko]

Hey,

I need to be able to split a string into lumps of numbers and letters.
so for example if st = "JJ542JQ83" would become ['JJ', '542','JQ',"83"]

i have been using st.split(/([a-zA-Z]+)(?=[0-9])/) , this does pretty well
most of the time,
but also fails sometimes to do what i need it to . ( like for 202GP)

You could use String#scan for this. Eg:

irb(main):019:0> st = "JJ542JQ83"
=> "JJ542JQ83"
irb(main):020:0> st.scan(/\d+|[A-Za-z]+/)
=> ["JJ", "542", "JQ", "83"]
irb(main):021:0> st = "202GP"
=> "202GP"
irb(main):022:0> st.scan(/\d+|[A-Za-z]+/)
=> ["202", "GP"]
irb(main):023:0>

Does that work?

Shajith

 

[shawn bright]

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ok, i feel like i am at a party as the only one that does not speak a
language.
Thanks for your tips, all. I need to learn reg ex.

thanks again.
shawn

 

[Robert Klemme]

I suggest:

=A0str.scan(/\d+|[a-zA-Z]+/)

str.scan(/\d+|[a-z]+/i)

SCNR
;-)

Kind regards

robert from "lazy typers anonymous"

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