How to split string into only two parts with a given character in Ruby?
RubyStringSplitRuby Problem Overview
Our application is mining names from people using Twitter to login.
Twitter is providing full names in a single string.
Examples
1. "Froederick Frankenstien"
2. "Ludwig Van Beethoven"
3. "Anne Frank"
I'd like to split the string into only two vars (first and last) based on the first " " (space) found.
Example First Name Last Name
1 Froederick Frankenstein
2 Ludwig Van Beethoven
3 Anne Frank
I'm familiar with String#split but I'm not sure how to only split once. The most Ruby-Way™ (elegant) answer will be accepted.
Ruby Solutions
Solution 1 - Ruby
String#split takes a second argument, the limit.
str.split(' ', 2)
should do the trick.
Solution 2 - Ruby
"Ludwig Van Beethoven".split(' ', 2)
The second parameter limits the number you want to split it into.
You can also do:
"Ludwig Van Beethoven".partition(" ")
Solution 3 - Ruby
The second argument of .split() specifies how many splits to do:
'one two three four five'.split(' ', 2)
And the output:
>> ruby -e "print 'one two three four five'.split(' ', 2)"
>> ["one", "two three four five"]
Solution 4 - Ruby
Alternative:
first= s.match(" ").pre_match
rest = s.match(" ").post_match