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Created December 27, 2011 21:02
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Ruby 1.9 regex, named capture groups to local variables
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regex.rb
/(?<area_code>\d{3}) (?<local_number>\d{3}-\d{4})/ =~ "123 456-7890"
local_variables # => [:area_code, :local_number]
area_code # => "123"
local_number # => "456-7890"
ENV['RUBY_VERSION'] # => "ruby-1.9.3-p0"
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