Regular Expressions Exercise

README.md

Ruby's String class has over 100 methods that give Ruby programmers the ability to process, manipulate, and transform textual data.

About a dozen of those String methods use Regular Expressions in order to allow for high-powered string matching, giving us great power. But remember: With great power comes great responsibility.

An example of low-powered string matching is when you use your browser's search (⌘f on a Mac) for a specific word, say, your own name. What if you wanted to search your browser for anything that matches the pattern for a social insurance number? For that, you'd use Regular Expressions.

As you work through the exercises of this challenge, it's recommended that you use http://rubular.com to help you code your regex. You can refer to / read the the following if you get stuck:

1. Pickaxe Guide
2. Using Regular Expressions in Ruby

Objectives

1. Use the driver code to guide you to a working solution.
2. Add additional driver code where you want to feel more comfortable with your implementation. For instance, what happens when you pass a string with only a single SIN into the hide_all_sins or get_all_sins methods?
3. Did adding driver code help you solve the challenge more effectively? How? (Answer in the gist as a comment)

regular_expressions.rb

# Determine whether a string contains a SIN (Social Insurance Number).
# A SIN is 9 digits and we are assuming that they must have dashes in them
def has_sin?(string)
end

puts "has_sin? returns true if it has what looks like a SIN"
puts has_sin?("please don't share this: 234-604-142") == true

puts "has_sin? returns false if it doesn't have a SIN"
puts has_sin?("please confirm your identity: XXX-XXX-142") == false
puts has_sin?("please don't share this: 234-6043-142") == false
puts has_sin?("please don't share this: 2342-604-142") == false
puts has_sin?("please don't share this: 234-604-1421") == false

# Return the Social Insurance Number from a string.
def grab_sin(string)
end


puts "grab_sin returns an SIN if the string has an SIN"
puts grab_sin("please don't share this: 234-604-142") == "234-604-142"

puts "grab_sin returns nil if it doesn't have a SIN"
puts grab_sin("please confirm your identity: XXX-XXX-142") == nil


# Return all of the SINs from a string, not just one.
def grab_all_sins(string)
end

puts "grab_all_sins returns all SINs if the string has any SINs"
puts grab_all_sins("234-604-142, 350-802-074, 013-630-876") == ["234-604-142", "350-802-074", "013-630-876"]

puts "grab_all_sins returns an empty Array if it doesn't have any SINs"
puts grab_all_sins("please confirm your identity: XXX-XXX-142") == []


# Obfuscate all of the Social Insurance numbers in a string. Example: XXX-XX-4430.
def hide_all_sins(string)
end

puts "hide_all_sins obfuscates any SINs in the string"
puts hide_all_sins("234-601-142, 350-801-074, 013-601-876") == "XXX-XXX-142, XXX-XXX-074, XXX-XXX-876"

puts "hide_all_sins does not alter a string without SINs in it"
string = "please confirm your identity: XXX-XXX-142"
puts hide_all_sins(string) == string


# Ensure all of the Social Insurance numbers use dashes for delimiters.
# Example: 480.01.4430 and 480014430 would both be 480-01-4430.
def format_sins(string)
end

puts "format_sins finds and reformat any SINs in the string"
puts format_sins("234600142, 350.800.074, 013-600-876") == "234-600-142, 350-800-074, 013-600-876"

puts "format_sins does not alter a string without SINs in it"
string = "please confirm your identity: 4421422"
puts format_sins(string) == string

string = "please confirm your identity: 123abc445"
puts format_sins(string) == string