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PIC is pattern matching system roughly based on Cobol Pictures. It serves as an alternative to Regular Expressions for common data format needs.

Here is a simply example.

    PIC['Z.99'].to_re  #=> /\d*\.\d\d/

Currently PIC is very much in a state of "design development". It will take some time to workout the best correlations between picture and regular expression. Suggestions and patches welcome!

Per the usual RubyGems way:

$ gem install pic

The following links help explain concept of Edited Pictures.

• Edited Pictures

If you do not have specific issue to report but would still like to discuss this library, you can send a message to the Rubyworks Mailing List, or try to catch up with us via the #rubyworks IRC channel.

Sending a code snippet is fine for very small changes. But beyond a few lines of code, please use git via Github to submit pull requests. It is best to submit a dedicated feature branch, and tests are always much appreciated.

PIC is copyrighted free software.

Copyright (c) 2011 Rubyworks (BSD-2-Clause Licensed)

PIC is freely redistributable and modifiable in accordance with the BSD-2-Clause license.

See LICENSE.txt for details.