random phrase of random words using arrays [closed] - ruby-on-rails

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I'm trying to make a random phrase generator, which is made of random words.
I have some arrays with words and some with sentences.
Here's the code:
noun = ['noun1','noun2','noun3'...]
#noun = noun.shuffle.sample
verb = ['verb1','verb2','verb3']
#verb = verb.shuffle.sample
... # here are some more words
phrase = [['#noun','#verb'...],['#verb', '#noun'...],[...] ...] # here're some phrases
#phrase = phrase.shuffle.sample
Here's the verb-fragment: <%= #phrase %>
The output isn't rendering array elements, just their names:
["#noun", "#verb", ...]

You're using single quotes. Try this instead:
phrase = [[#noun, #verb...]
What you were doing was outputting a string rather than the variable. Have a look here to find out more about strings and how to use them.

You must remove the quotes in the phrase line:
phrase = [[#noun,#verb], [#verb, #noun]]
Because you want to have an array with the values from the variables #noun and #verb, and not an array with strings containing the words '#noun' and '#verb'

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How to matche all the words from a string that starts and ends with double underscore in rails [closed]

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str = "Hello my name is __john__ and i am __30__ years old"
str.scan(/__(.*?)__/)
OUTPUT: [["john"], [30]]
Expected result: ["john", 30]
As #aspend mentioned above you will get result just by using .flatten property of array class:
<% str = "Hello my name is __john__ and i am __30__ years old"%>
<%=str.scan(/__(.*?)__/).flatten %>
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Explain like I'm LITERALLY five...what does it mean to "format" a string? [closed]

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When you make a string...what does it mean to "format" that string?
CHALLENGE: Explain this to me like I'm an absolute idiot. Like, take it to a condescending level. Be mean about it. I'm talking how you would explain a lemonade stand to a very, very stupid child.
The most common use of the phrase refers to the replacing of variable placeholders within a string with the correct string representations of the variables' contents.
Consider:
temp_reading = 25.67528
puts "It is currently %0.1f degrees" % [temp_reading]
-> It is currently 25.7 degrees
String formatting is what turns the template into the string you see in the output.
As pointed out by Phil Taprogge, typically formatting a string refers to changing the representation of data for presentation reasons.
Phil's Example
long_number = 1.11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
puts "%0.1f" % long_number
=> 1.1
puts "%d" % long_number
=> 1
There is tons of documentation on string formatting and typically it can carry over to different languages since this come from the C programming language printf.
Formatting a string could refer, however, to any and all transformations to a string for presentation.
str = "hello world"
str.downcase
=> "hello world"
str.upcase
=> "HELLO WORLD"
str.capitalize
=> "Hello world"
str.titlieze
=> "Hello World"
str.parameterize
=> "hello-world"
https://blog.udemy.com/ruby-sprintf/
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/cstdio/printf/

Regex that gets only initials [closed]

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Is there a way to create a regex for initials without using back references? For example, say I want initials for
New.York
And the regex to output
N.Y. (or n.y)
So far I have the following:
.\.[a-zA-Z]+
This outputs the last the initial of the first word instead of the first initial: w.y.
UPDATE**
I'm also assigned the RegExp to variable and using the =~ to test some things.
You could remove all the lowercase letters using gsub function,
irb(main):004:0> str = "New.York"
=> "New.York"
irb(main):006:0> str.gsub(/[a-z]+/, "")
=> "N.Y"
A ruby way to do this given your input of "New.York" could be:
str.split('.').collect { |s| s[0] }.join('.')
which would return 'N.Y'
Use this regex and you should only output the groups \1 and \2.
([a-zA-Z])[^.]*\.([a-zA-Z]).*?\b
DEMO
If you want to do a replacement you should use \1.\2
You could use the capital letters to dictate the regex match using something like this:
[15] pry(main)> str
=> "New.York"
[16] pry(main)> str.scan(/[A-Z]+/).join('.')
=> "N.Y"

What is smartest way to parse string? (ios) [closed]

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I got coming string from request like:
1 Ghanaian Cedi = 155.15541 Zimbabwe dollar
I want to have 155.15541 in double. How can I do what?
I hear about predicate, can it help here?
If you'd like to parse this string into components separated by the blank spaces use
NSArray *components = [string componentSeparatedBy:#" "];
to get an NSArray in which each index contains each group of characters. In this particular case, your string would return an array containing:
[#"1", #"Ghanaian", #"Cedi", #"=", #"155.15541", #"Zimbabwe", #"dollar"]
If the desired double is always at index 4, you can convert the corresponding string to a double using
double result = [[components objectAtIndex:4] doubleValue];
If the double isn't always at the same index, maybe you could use a regex to identify the double(s).

I am having the string , i have to convert it into hash like no 2 [closed]

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Here's my code:
1. "special_filter,|filter_str,(&(a=1)(c=11)(p=c=11,o=m,d=4))"
2.{ "a" =>"1", "c" => "11" , "p" => "c=11,o=m,d=4"}
#!/usr/bin/ruby
string = "special_filter,|filter_str,(&(a=1)(c=11)(p=c=11,o=m,d=4))"
hash = {}
string.slice(/\(&.*\)/).split(")").each do |match|
match.tr("(&","").split("=",2).each_slice(2) { |key, value| hash[key] = value }
end
Line by line:
Line 1: Set a variable, string, with the starting string.
string = "special_filter,|filter_str,(&(a=1)(c=11)(p=c=11,o=m,d=4))"
Line 2: Set a variable, hash, with an empty hash to fill.
hash = {}
Line 3:
Cut out the portion of the string that matches this regexp
string.slice(/\(&.*\)/) => "(&(a=1)(c=11)(p=c=11,o=m,d=4))"
The regexp is bookended with forward slashes (/regexp goes here/).
Parentheses have special meaning in regex, so they must be escaped with backslashes.
The & matches the & in the string.
In regex, a . means any character.
* means none to unlimited of the preceding character.
So this regex matches (&) as well as (&fjalsdkfj).
Split the string by right parentheses
string.slice(/\(&.*\)/).split(")") => ["(&(a=1", "(c=11", "(p=c=11,o=m,d=4"]
Then iterate through the array of results
string.slice(/\(&.*\)/).split(")").each do |match|
Line 4:
Take the iteration and remove unwanted characters from it
match.tr("(&","")
Split it one time, using the first = sign
match.tr("(&","").split("=",2)
Use the 2 value array as a key and value on the hash
match.tr("(&","").split("=",2).each_slice(2) { |key, value| hash[key] = value }
My try to this.
Hash[*string[/\&.*/].tr("&(","").split(")").map{|i| i.split("=",2)}.flatten]
Some ideas taken from #Conner's solution ;)
Thanks #corner I was able to know some functions i never used before.

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