Method: StringUtils#split3

Defined in:
lib/buzzcore/string_utils.rb

#split3(aPattern, aOccurence = 0) ⇒ Object

given (‘abcdefg’,‘c.*?e’) returns [‘ab’,‘cde’,‘fg’] so you can manipulate the head, match and tail seperately, and potentially rejoin



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# File 'lib/buzzcore/string_utils.rb', line 23

def split3(aPattern,aOccurence=0)
	aString = self
	matches = aString.scan_md(aPattern)
	match = matches[aOccurence]
	parts = (match ? [match.pre_match,match.to_s,match.post_match] : [aString,nil,''])

	if !block_given?	# return head,match,tail
		parts
	else						# return string
		parts[1] = yield *parts if match
		parts.join
	end
end