Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!feeder.news-service.com!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!talisker.lacave.net!lacave.net!not-for-mail From: Richard Sandoval Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby Subject: Re: Extract a range i.e. svr[100..130] ? Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:54:14 -0500 Organization: Service de news de lacave.net Lines: 17 Message-ID: <5a352e9543472f6edc07e1e5640a1fd8@ruby-forum.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: bristol.highgroove.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: talisker.lacave.net 1302904684 55825 65.111.164.187 (15 Apr 2011 21:58:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@lacave.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:58:04 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: X-Received-From: This message has been automatically forwarded from the ruby-talk mailing list by a gateway at comp.lang.ruby. If it is SPAM, it did not originate at comp.lang.ruby. Please report the original sender, and not us. Thanks! For more details about this gateway, please visit: http://blog.grayproductions.net/categories/the_gateway X-Mail-Count: 381674 X-Ml-Name: ruby-talk X-Rubymirror: Yes X-Ruby-Talk: <5a352e9543472f6edc07e1e5640a1fd8@ruby-forum.com> Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.ruby:2981 Here is what i am trying to do. nodes = cfv.values.to_s.split(/[, \n]+/) a = nodes m = a.match(/(.*?)\[(\d+)\.\.(\d+)\](.*)/) puts "nodes: #{m.inspect}" m.each do |node| puts "checking to see if #{node} exists" -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.