Difference of answers while using split function in Ruby
- by N L
Given the following inputs:
line1 = "Hey | Hello | Good | Morning"
line2 = "Hey , Hello , Good , Morning"
file1=length1=name1=title1=nil
Using ',' to split the string as follows:
file1, length1, name1, title1 = line2.split(/,\s*/)
I get the following output:
puts file1,length1,name1,title1
>Hey
>Hello
>Good
>Morning
However, using '|' to split the string I receive a different output:
file1, length1, name1, title1 = line2.split(/|\s*/)
puts file1,length1,name1,title1
>H
>e
>y
Both the strings are same except the separating symbol (a comma in first case and a pipe in second case). The format of the split function I am using is also the same except, of course, for the delimiting character. What causes this variation?
