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Ruby Method To Extract Emails From A String Into An Array

11.14.2008

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        self.explain


def extract_emails_to_array(txt)
  reg = /[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}/i
  txt.scan(reg).uniq
end


input = IO.readlines("in.txt")
output = File.new("mails.txt",  "w+") 


result_array = extract_emails_to_array(input.join(" ")).sort
puts result_array.size  #optional

result_array.each{|s| output << s.to_s+"\n" }

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