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		nanijoe on Nov 30, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What are your Ruby Regex Idioms? This (ruby) regex thing still gives me a headache , esp when I'm trying to figure out other people's code

carbon8 on Nov 30, 2009 | | [–]

You can also use this as String#slice, which is a little clearer:

    "foo@example.com".slice(/@(.*)/, 1)

sh1mmer on Nov 30, 2009 | [–]

I love regex, but man it's still crazy voodoo. I hope those lines were well commented.

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