Question

I’m trying to match the word “first_name” from the below snippet:

<div class="field">
    <%= f.label :first_name %><br />
    <%= f.text_field :first_name %>
  </div>

Using something like this regular expression:

<div class="field">((\n|.)*?)<\/div>

gives me:

<%= f.label :first_name %><br />
<%= f.text_field :first_name %>

(Here is the expression in action: http://rubular.com/r/uh6SZ6EGcQ)

Since I only want “first_name”, what regular expression should I use such that I can match only the “first_name”?

Answer 1

You could simply use the regex

:\w+

To match symbols.