I have a rather simple regexp, but I wanted to use named regular expressions to make it cleaner and then iterate over results.
Testing string:
testing_string = "111x222b333"
My regexp:
regexp = %r{
(?<width> [0-9]{3} ) {0}
(?<height> [0-9]{3} ) {0}
(?<depth> [0-9]+ ) {0}
\g<width>x\g<height>b\g<depth>
}x
dimensions = regexp.match(testing_string)
This work like a charm, but heres where the problem comes:
dimensions.each { |k, v| dimensions[k] = my_operation(v) }
# ERROR !
undefined method `each' for #<MatchData "111x222b333" width:"111" height:"222" depth:"333">.
There is no .each method in MatchData object, and I really don't want to monkey patch it.
How can I fix this problem ?
I wasn't as clear as I thought: the point is to keep names and hash-like structure.