Ruby String split with regex

Question

This is Ruby 1.8.7 but should be same as for 1.9.x

I am trying to split a string for example:

a = \"foo.bar.size.split(\'.\').last\"         


        

Answer 1

a = "foo.bar.size.split('.').last"
p a.split(/(? ["foo", "bar", "size", "split('.')", "last"]

You are looking for Lookahead and Lookbehind assertions. http://www.regular-expressions.info/lookaround.html