[erlang-questions] How to split such a string elegantly ?

[Harsh J]

Hey,

You may use re:split(...) for this purpose instead of string:tokens(...).

6> re:split("red - blue", "-", [{return, list}]).
["red "," blue"]
7> re:split("- blue", "-", [{return, list}]).
[[]," blue"]
8> re:split("red -", "-", [{return, list}]).
["red ",[]]

Have a look at re:split(...) in erldocs.com for more info:
http://erldocs.com/R14B02/stdlib/re.html?i=1&search=re:spl#split/3

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:38 AM, z_axis <z_axis@REDACTED> wrote:
> The string contains two parts separated by "-", such as "red - blue" .
> However, sometimes there may be no red or blue part.   For example, the
> following are all right string.
> "1 2 3 - 33 23",  "- 33 23", "1 2 3 -", etc.
>
>>[NoRed,NoBlue] = string:tokens("1 2 3 - 33 23","-").
> ["1 2 3 "," 33 23"]
>
>>[NoRed,NoBlue] = string:tokens("- 33 23","-").   % i hope it returns ["","
> 33 23"]
> ** exception error: no match of right hand side value [" 33 23"]
>
>>[NoRed,NoBlue] = string:tokens("1 2 3 -","-").   % i hope it returns [1 2 3
> ", ""]
> ** exception error: no match of right hand side value ["1 2 3 "]
>
>
> Sincerely!
>
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