RegexExamples.scala

// Somple simple examples of using regular expressions in combination with pattern matching in Scala
//
// runs correctly on scala 2.8-nightly and 2.7.6.final 
 
val RegionExpr = """.*?[aieoué][^aieoué](.+)""".r // string after first non-vowel following a vowel

"vergadering" match {
	case RegionExpr(matchedGroup) => println("matched group: " + matchedGroup) // prints "gadering"
	case _ => 
}

val DateExpr = """(\d{2})\-(\d{2})\-(\d{4})""".r // match dates in format "dd-MM-yyyy"

"01-07-2005" match {
	case DateExpr(d,m,y) => println("groups: %s %s %s".format(d,m,y)) // prints "groups: 01 07 2005"
	case _ => 
}