eg /(\d+\.){0,1}\d+$/ g jo
Am Mittwoch, den 24.09.2008, 16:20 -0700 schrieb ressister: > Hi there, I'm trying to split a string using RegExp to extract a price > from it. The price may or may not have a dollar sign in front of it > and may or may not contain a decimal value. Below are some string > examples of what the regular expression would need to handle to split > out the price: > > Example 1: > "2 starbuck's coffees 9.99" <- price is 9.99 > > Example 2: > "99 red baloons 175" <- price is 175 > > Example 3: > "starbuck's coffee $9.99" <- price is 9.99 > > Example 4: > "starbucks coffee 9" <- price is 9 > > So the trouble is: a) in Example 3, I can't count on the dollar sign > being there all the time. Some instances it will, other instances it > won't and b) in the case of Example 2, there may be a number at the > start of the string of indeterminate length that I want to ignore > since this could represent the quantity, not the price. > > What would the RegExp look like that would split out the price? > > Thanks in advance. > -A > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---