gistfile1.txt

string = %{-cat -mouse man OR woman until:2009-09-09 @maddox #avatar #xbox since:2009-09-16 near:"richmond, va" @maddox apple to:dog within:15mi to:maddox from:mschrag "football game" "oh yes"}

# words
exact_phrase = /".*?"/
any_words = /\w+ OR \w+/ 
minus_word = /-\w+/
hashtag = /#\w+/

# people
to_person = /to:\w+/
from_person = /from:\w+/
referenced_person = /@\w+/

#places
near = /near:".*?"/
within = /within:\w+/

#dates
since = /since:\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d/
until_ = /until:\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d/


# any_words = /(\w+)( OR )?/ 
# puts "man OR country OR house and then some".scan(any_words).inspect


matchers = [['until', until_], ['since', since], ['near', near], ['within', within], ['to_person', to_person], 
            ['from_person', from_person], ['referenced_person', referenced_person], 
            ['hashtag', hashtag], ['minus_word', minus_word], ['exact_phrase', exact_phrase], ['any_words', any_words]]


query_parts = {}

matchers.each do |matcher|
  puts string
  results = string.scan(matcher[1]).map{|r|r.to_s}
  query_parts[matcher[0]] = results
  results.each {|r| string.gsub! r, ''}

  puts
  puts query_parts.inspect
  puts string
end









{"hashtag"=>["#avatar", "#xbox"], "from_person"=>["from:mschrag"], "any_words"=>["man OR woman"], "within"=>["within:15mi"], "minus_word"=>["-cat", "-mouse"], "exact_phrase"=>["\"football game\"", "\"oh yes\""], "to_person"=>["to:dog", "to:maddox"], "referenced_person"=>["@maddox", "@maddox"], "near"=>["near:\"richmond, va\""], "since"=>["since:2009-09-16"], "until"=>["until:2009-09-09"]}
          apple