strings/split_shapes.rb

tests/_examples/strings/split_shapes.rb in the metorex repository.

# `split` cuts a string on whitespace, on a run of text, or on a pattern.
# A count caps the pieces and leaves the rest in the last one, and the groups
# a pattern names are kept alongside the pieces.
p " now's  the time  ".split(' ')
p " now's  the time  ".split(' ', 3)
p " now's  the time  ".split(' ', -1)
p "1,2,,3,4,,".split(",")
p "1,2,,3,4,,".split(",", -1)
p "1.2.3.4".split(".", 2)
p "hello".split("")
p "hello".split("", 2)

# A pattern keeps what its groups matched.
p "hello".split(/(el)/)
p "hi!".split(/()/)
p "hello".split(/(el)|(xx)/)
p "aBaBa".split(/(B)()()/, 2)
p "hello".split(//, -1)
p "AABCCBAA".split(/(?=B)/)
p "  a  b  c\nd  ".split(/\s+/)

# With a block each piece is handed over and the string itself is the answer.
collected = []
answered = "chunky-bacon".split("-") { |piece| collected << piece.capitalize }
p collected
p answered

Output:

["now's", "the", "time"]
["now's", "the", "time  "]
["now's", "the", "time", ""]
["1", "2", "", "3", "4"]
["1", "2", "", "3", "4", "", ""]
["1", "2.3.4"]
["h", "e", "l", "l", "o"]
["h", "ello"]
["h", "el", "lo"]
["h", "", "i", "", "!"]
["h", "el", "lo"]
["a", "B", "", "", "aBa"]
["h", "e", "l", "l", "o", ""]
["AA", "BCC", "BAA"]
["", "a", "b", "c", "d"]
["Chunky", "Bacon"]
"chunky-bacon"