Rails - Jul 2006 - splitting a story with double-spaced para''s

Quick question - if i want to separate a long string of text, separated 
by single carriage returns, into an array of paragraphs, I can use the 
following code:

paragraphs = article.content.split("\n")

The "\n" means a carriage return, as far as I can tell.

If I wanted to take text, that had been written using the more common 
double carriage returns, into an array of paragraphs in the same 
fashion, then logically I should be able to do this:

paragraphs = article.content.split("\n\n")

Right?

However, it isn''t working. I''ve tried split("\n
\n"), split("\n/\n"),
split("\n" "\n"), all to no avail. Could somebody kindly
point me in the
right direction?

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You might be seeing a problem between the different type of new line
characters. "\n" is a line feed, and "\r" is a carriage
return. unix systems
use "\n" for new lines, windows uses "\r\n". Another
possibility is that
there is some other white space between the two new lines. If so maybe
something like split( /\n\s*\n/ ). Also, I would recommend using /\n/ rather
than "\n" to be able to match on a regex, rather than just a string.
hope
that helps.

mark

On 7/5/06, sean colquhoun <seancolquhoun@gk-a.com>
wrote:
>
> Quick question - if i want to separate a long string of text, separated
> by single carriage returns, into an array of paragraphs, I can use the
> following code:
>
> paragraphs = article.content.split("\n")
>
> The "\n" means a carriage return, as far as I can tell.
>
> If I wanted to take text, that had been written using the more common
> double carriage returns, into an array of paragraphs in the same
> fashion, then logically I should be able to do this:
>
> paragraphs = article.content.split("\n\n")
>
> Right?
>
> However, it isn''t working. I''ve tried split("\n
\n"), split("\n/\n"),
> split("\n" "\n"), all to no avail. Could somebody
kindly point me in the
> right direction?
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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Thanks Mark! Looks like you came through for me again. The /\n\s*\n/ 
worked.
What does \s mean?

Mark Van Holstyn wrote:
> You might be seeing a problem between the different type of new line
> characters. "\n" is a line feed, and "\r" is a carriage
return. unix
> systems
> use "\n" for new lines, windows uses "\r\n". Another
possibility is that
> there is some other white space between the two new lines. If so maybe
> something like split( /\n\s*\n/ ). Also, I would recommend using /\n/ 
> rather
> than "\n" to be able to match on a regex, rather than just a
string.
> hope
> that helps.
> 
> mark

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In a regex \s denotes any whitespace character ( could be a space, a tab, a
newline ). The * denotes that there could be zero, or could be any number of
them in the match. Glad to help.

mark

On 7/5/06, sean colquhoun <seancolquhoun@gk-a.com>
wrote:
>
> Thanks Mark! Looks like you came through for me again. The /\n\s*\n/
> worked.
> What does \s mean?
>
> Mark Van Holstyn wrote:
> > You might be seeing a problem between the different type of new line
> > characters. "\n" is a line feed, and "\r" is a
carriage return. unix
> > systems
> > use "\n" for new lines, windows uses "\r\n".
Another possibility is that
> > there is some other white space between the two new lines. If so maybe
> > something like split( /\n\s*\n/ ). Also, I would recommend using /\n/
> > rather
> > than "\n" to be able to match on a regex, rather than just a
string.
> > hope
> > that helps.
> >
> > mark
>
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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