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Advanced string splitting with regexp
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split_with_regexp.rb
string = "<div>ruby</div><div>string</div><div>methods</div>"
# == splitting with regexp
string.split(/<.*?>/)
# => ["", "ruby", "", "string", "", "methods"]
# == and keeping separator in the result
string.split(/(<.*?>)/)
# => ["", "<div>", "ruby", "</div>", "", "<div>", "string", "</div>", "", "<div>", "methods", "</div>"]
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