Get Tasks from a GitHub Issue Body or Comment using RegEx to parse issue body or issue comment for a task.

task lists.rb

	def get_comment_tasks (commentBody, taskStatus = :incomplete)

		tasks = []
		startStringOpen = /\-\s\[\s\]\s/
		startStringClosed = /\-\s\[x\]\s/

		endString = /[\r\n]|\z/

		if taskStatus == :incomplete
			tasksInBody = commentBody.scan(/#{startStringOpen}(.*?)#{endString}/)
			tasksInBody.each do |x|
				tasks << x[0]
			end
		elsif taskStatus == :complete
			tasksInBody = commentBody.scan(/#{startStringClosed}(.*?)#{endString}/)
			tasksInBody.each do |x|
				tasks << x[0]
			end
		end
		return tasks
	end