I'm trying to solve Chasing Subs problem. I'm trying to generate that regex according to the input data. The goal is go get all substrings (including overlapped ones) with all unique letters.
I'm trying to use regexp like this:
regexp = /(?=(?<gs>.)(?<gu>[^\k<gs>])(?<gb>[^\k<gs>\k<gu>])(?<gm>[^\k<gs>\k<gu>\k<gb>])(?<ga>[^\k<gs>\k<gu>\k<gb>\k<gm>])(?<gr>[^\k<gs>\k<gu>\k<gb>\k<gm>\k<ga>])(?<gi>[^\k<gs>\k<gu>\k<gb>\k<gm>\k<ga>\k<gr>])(?<gn>[^\k<gs>\k<gu>\k<gb>\k<gm>\k<ga>\k<gr>\k<gi>])(?<ge>[^\k<gs>\k<gu>\k<gb>\k<gm>\k<ga>\k<gr>\k<gi>\k<gn>]))/
"archipelago".scan(regexp) #=> []
"archipelbgo".scan(regexp) #=> []
"brchipelbgo".scan(regexp) #=> []
"zrchipelzgo".scan(regexp) #=> [["z", "r", "c", "h", "i", "p", "e", "l", "z"]]
Why does it behave like this? Why can't it find anything with "b" and "a"? And why does it return only one (incorrect) result with "z"? What am I doing wrong?
I don't think a regular expression is the correct tool for this problem. We could do the following, however.
def substrings(str)
arr = str.chars
(1..str.size).each_with_object([]) { |n,a|
arr.each_cons(n) { |b| a << b.join if b == b.uniq } }
end
substrings("archipelago")
#=> ["a", "r", "c", "h", "i", "p", "e", "l", "a", "g", "o", "ar", "rc", "ch", "hi",
# "ip", "pe", "el", "la", "ag", "go", "arc", "rch", "chi", "hip", "ipe", "pel",
# "ela", "lag", "ago", "arch", "rchi", "chip", "hipe", "ipel", "pela", "elag",
# "lago", "archi", "rchip", "chipe", "hipel", "ipela", "pelag", "elago", "archip",
# "rchipe", "chipel", "hipela", "ipelag", "pelago", "archipe", "rchipel", "chipela",
# "hipelag", "ipelago", "archipel", "rchipela", "chipelag", "hipelago", "rchipelag",
# "chipelago", "rchipelago"]
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I have this function in Ruby
def translate word
vowels=["a","e","I","O","U"]
i=1.to_i
sentense=word.split(" ").to_a
puts sentense if sentense.length >=1
sentense.split("")
puts sentense
end
I have this phrase "this is a test phrase " and at first I want to create an array that looks like:
["this","is","a", "test", "phrase"]
Then I want to create another array it to look like:
[["t","h","i","s"],["i","s"],["a"],["t","e","s","t"],["p","h","r","a","s","e"].
I tried
sentense=word.split(" ").to_a
new_array=sentense.split("").to_a
but it didn't work
You could use String#split, Enumerable#map and String#chars:
p "this is a test phrase".split.map(&:chars)
# => [["t", "h", "i", "s"], ["i", "s"], ["a"], ["t", "e", "s", "t"], ["p", "h", "r", "a", "s", "e"]]
string.split(' ') could be written as string.split, so you can omit passing the whitespace in parenthesis.
And this also gives you an array, there's no need to use to_a, you'll have an array like ["this", "is", "a", "test", "phrase"], so you can use map to get a new array and for each element inside an array of its characters by using .split('') or .chars.
def chop_up(str)
str.strip.each_char.with_object([[]]) { |c,a| c == ' ' ? (a << []) : a.last << c }
end
chop_up "fee fi fo fum"
#=> [["f", "e", "e"], ["f", "i"], ["f", "o"], ["f", "u", "m"]]
chop_up " fee fi fo fum "
#=> [["f", "e", "e"], ["f", "i"], ["f", "o"], ["f", "u", "m"]]
chop_up "feefifofum "
#=> [["f", "e", "e", "f", "i", "f", "o", "f", "u", "m"]]
chop_up ""
#=> [[]]
With Ruby how do I split on either one of tow conditions -- wheter there are 3 or more spaces or a tab charadter? I tried this
2.4.0 :003 > line = "a\tb\tc"
=> "a\tb\tc"
2.4.0 :004 > line.split(/([[:space:]][[:space:]][[:space:]]+|\t)/)
=> ["a", "\t", "b", "\t", "c"]
but as you can see, the tab character itself is getting included in my results. The results should be
["a", "b", "c"]
What about just split?
p "a\tb\tc".split
# ["a", "b", "c"]
p "a\tb\tc\t\tc\t\t\t\t\t\t\tc\ts\ts\tt".split
# ["a", "b", "c", "c", "c", "s", "s", "t"]
Although that doesn't split when there are three 3 or more white spaces, this might work:
p "a\tb\tc\t\tc\t\t\ t\t\tc\ts\ts\tt".split(/\s{3,}|\t/)
# => ["a", "b", "c", "c", "t", "c", "s", "s", "t"]
line = "aa bb cc\tdd"
line.split /\p{Space}{3,}|\t+/
#⇒ ["aa bb", "cc", "dd"]
I am trying to validate strings in ruby.
Any string which contains spaces,under scores or any special char should fail validation.
The valid string should contain only chars a-zA-Z0-9
My code looks like.
def validate(string)
regex ="/[^a-zA-Z0-9]$/
if(string =~ regex)
return "true"
else
return "false"
end
I am getting error:
TypeError: type mismatch: String given.
Can anyone please let me know what is the correct way of doing this?
If you are validating a line:
def validate(string)
!string.match(/\A[a-zA-Z0-9]*\z/).nil?
end
No need for return on each.
You can just check if a special character is present in the string.
def validate str
chars = ('a'..'z').to_a + ('A'..'Z').to_a + (0..9).to_a
str.chars.detect {|ch| !chars.include?(ch)}.nil?
end
Result:
irb(main):005:0> validate "hello"
=> true
irb(main):006:0> validate "_90 "
=> false
def alpha_numeric?(char)
if (char =~ /[[:alpha:]]/ || char =~ /[[:digit:]]/)
true
else
false
end
end
OR
def alpha_numeric?(char)
if (char =~ /[[:alnum:]]/)
true
else
false
end
end
We are using regular expressions that match letters & digits:
The above [[:alpha:]] ,[[:digit:]] and [[:alnum:]] are POSIX bracket expressions, and they have the advantage of matching Unicode characters in their category. Hope this helps.
checkout the link below for more options:
Ruby: How to find out if a character is a letter or a digit?
No regex:
def validate(str)
str.count("^a-zA-Z0-9").zero? # ^ means "not"
end
Great answers above but just FYI, your error message is because you started your regex with a double quote ". You'll notice you have an odd number (5) of double quotes in your method.
Additionally, it's likely you want to return true and false as values rather than as quoted strings.
Similar to the very efficient regex-ish approach mentioned already by #steenslag and nearly just as fast:
str.tr("a-zA-Z0-9", "").length.zero?
OR
str.tr("a-zA-Z0-9", "") == 0
One benefit of using tr though is that you could also optionally analyze the results using the same basic formula:
str = "ABCxyz*123$"
rejected_chars = str.tr("a-zA-Z0-9", "")
#=> *$
is_valid = rejected_chars.length.zero?
#=> false
Similar to #rohit89:
VALID_CHARS = [*?a..?z, *?A..?Z, *'0'..'9']
#=> ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j", "k", "l", "m",
# "n", "o", "p", "q", "r", "s", "t", "u", "v", "w", "x", "y", "z",
# "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J", "K", "L", "M",
# "N", "O", "P", "Q", "R", "S", "T", "U", "V", "W", "X", "Y", "Z",
# "0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9"]
def all_valid_chars?(str)
a = str.chars
a == a & VALID_CHARS
end
all_valid_chars?('a9Z3') #=> true
all_valid_chars?('a9 Z3') #=> false
Use .match? in Ruby 2.4+.
Ruby 2.4 introduced a convenient boolean-returning .match? method.
In your case, I would do something like this:
# Checks for any characters other than letters and numbers.
# Returns true if there are none. Returns false if there are one or more.
#
def valid?( string )
!string.match?( /[^a-zA-Z0-9]/ ) # NOTE: ^ inside [] set turns it into a negated set.
end
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I'm trying to slice an array into equal sizes (rounded down) and save each section to respective variables.
The method each_slice has worked to grab n-sized blocks. However I can't think of a way to:
iterate over the each's blocks' "sub index"
create a new array for each and give each a unique name.
letters = ["a","b","c","d","e","f","g","h","i","j","k","l","m","n"]
def groups_of_five(array)
split_array = array.each_slice(5).to_a
#something like the following:
#array(n) = Array[split_array.each {|x| x}]
end
end
The output I'm hoping for:
groups_of_five(letters)
=> array1: ["a,"b","c","d","e"]
=> array2: ["f","g","h","i","j"]
=> array3: ["k","l","m","n"]
Combine each_slice with with_index and you'll have everything you need:
letters.each_slice(5).with_index(1) do |group, index|
puts "array#{index}: #{group.inspect}"
end
Output is:
array1: ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"]
array2: ["f", "g", "h", "i", "j"]
array3: ["k", "l", "m", "n"]
It's no longer possible to set local variable dynamically in Ruby versions greather than 1.8, so if you want to assign to variables it will have to be instance variables or you could output a Hash.
The following will create instance variables:
def groups_of_five(array)
array.each_slice(5).with_index(1) do |group, index|
instance_variable_set "#array#{index}".to_sym, group
end
end
groups_of_five(letters)
puts #array1 #=> ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"]
puts #array2 #=> ["f", "g", "h", "i", "j"]
puts #array3 #=> ["k", "l", "m", "n"]
Or this will output a Hash:
def groups_of_five(array)
hash = {}
array.each_slice(5).with_index(1) do |group, index|
hash["array#{index}".to_sym] = group
end
hash
end
hash = groups_of_five(letters)
puts hash[:array1] #=> ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"]
puts hash[:array2] #=> ["f", "g", "h", "i", "j"]
puts hash[:array3] #=> ["k", "l", "m", "n"]
If you are looking for a hash structure to return from groups_of_five(letters), here's the solution
def groups_of_five(array)
split_array = letters.each_slice(5).to_a
split_array.reduce({}){ |i,a|
index = split_array.index(a) + 1
i["array#{index}"] = a; i
}
end
# groups_of_five(letters)
#=> {"array1"=>["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"], "array2"=>["f", "g", "h", "i", "j"], "array3"=>["k", "l", "m", "n"]}
You could do this:
def group_em(a,n)
arr = a.dup
(1..(arr.size.to_f/n).ceil).each_with_object({}) { |i,h|
h["array#{i}"] = arr.shift(n) }
end
group_em(letters,1)
#=> {"array1"=>["a"], "array2"=>["b"],...,"array14"=>["n"]}
group_em(letters,2)
#=> {"array1"=>["a", "b"], "array2"=>["c", "d"],...,"array7"=>["m", "n"]}
group_em(letters,5)
#=> {"array1"=>["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"],
# "array2"=>["f", "g", "h", "i", "j"],
# "array3"=>["k", "l", "m", "n"]}
A variant is:
def group_em(arr,n)
(1..(arr.size.to_f/n).ceil).zip(arr.each_slice(n).to_a)
.each_with_object({}) { |(i,a),h| h["array#{i}"]=>a) }
end
So far I have:
my_array = "Foo bar na nas"
my_array.delete!(" ").downcase!
my_array = my_array.split(//).uniq
To get:
==> ["f", "o", "b", "a", "r", "n", "s"]
I can't seem to use .split!(//) like .delete! or .downcase! but I want to do all of this in one step. Is it possible?
Using my_array.delete!(" ").downcase!.split!(//) yields "': undefined method 'split!' for nil:NilClass" so I assume .split! just doesn't exist.
No. If you will read documentation you will get that destructive methods return nil when there is nothing to change, so you cannot chain them. If you want to change string to array of it's letters excluding whitespces you should rathe run:
my_array = "Foo bar na nas".downcase.gsub(/\W/, '').split(//).uniq
There also don't exist destructive method split!. Just how can it exist? Ruby is strong-typed language so you cannot change String into Array because they aren't related.
my_array.downcase.gsub(' ','').chars.uniq
Why not use split with a regular expression matching white space or nothing?
"Foo bar na nas".downcase.split(/\s*/).uniq
This returns
["f", "o", "b", "a", "r", "n", "s"]
split! does not exist because by convention methods with ! alter the object itself in ruby, and you can not coerce a string into an array because ruby is strongly typed.
"Foo bar na nas".downcase.split(//).uniq.keep_if { |item| item != " " }
#=> ["f", "o", "b", "a", "r", "n", "s"]
"Foo bar na nas t p".downcase.split(//).uniq.keep_if { |item| item != " " }
#=> ["f", "o", "b", "a", "r", "n", "s", "t", "p"]