Kevin Stolt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am new to ruby and I have been search and pulling my hair to do this 
> using .scan?
> 
> I have file which contains.....(this is an example)
> 
> bat rat cat mat pat
> mat sat put tomorrow today
> 
> 
> So how could I search so I could get the values in the second column?
> 
> I want to find "rat" and "sat" for example. I searched many time and 
> read many things but I can't figure out. I hope someone would be kind 
> enough to help me or show me the correct direction.
> 
> any help is appreciated.
> 
> thanks in advance
> kev

I don't know what you want but the following might show you some clues:

C:\>irb
irb(main):001:0> line='bat rat cat mat pat'
=> "bat rat cat mat pat"
irb(main):002:0> re=Regexp.new('rat') #create a regular expression 
abject
=> /rat/
irb(main):004:0> puts re.match(line)  # match the regexp against the 
string
rat
=> nil


Li

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