Ruby regex parse string for two sets of numbers?

Question

I have been using Rubular.com to come up with a regex pattern to try to parse this string for the values 596 and 777 and put them in an array:

Current mouse position: 596,777

I have been building this in IRB and testing it with t.scan(/(?:\d)/)

This yields: ["4", "5", "1", "1", "1", "3", "7"] which is not correct.

Does anyone have any pointers?

Casimir et Hippolyte · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-01 04:22:24Z

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You have forgotten to put a quantifier:

t.scan(/\d+/)

The quantifier + means one or more

Note: The non-capturing group (?:...) is useless.

answered Jun 26, 2014 at 21:27

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7stud · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-26 22:52:37Z

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str = "Current mouse position: 596,777"

x, y = str.split()[-1].split(",")
puts x, y


--output:--
596
777

...

str = "Current mouse position: 596,777"

x = str[-7..-5]
y = str[-3..-1]
puts x, y

--output:--
596
777

answered Jun 26, 2014 at 22:45

7stud

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