Matching Keyword-Value Pair (ruby, regular expressions)

matching_keyword_value_pair.rb

# Extracts the keyword and the value. The assumptions are that
# the keyword oor attribute is a single word, the value extends 
# to the end of the line, and the equal sign may be surrounded 
# by whitespace.

expression = /(\w+)\s*=\s*(.*?)$/

sample_text = "color = blue"
sample_text =~ expression