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# http://txt2re.com/index-ruby.php3?s=08:Dec:2017%20%22This%20is%20an%20Example!%22&-13&31

#!/usr/bin/ruby
txt='08:Dec:2017 "This is an Example!"'

re1='(08)'	# Day 1
re2='.*?'	# Non-greedy match on filler
re3='[a-z]'	# Uninteresting: w
re4='.*?'	# Non-greedy match on filler
re5='[a-z]'	# Uninteresting: w
re6='.*?'	# Non-greedy match on filler
re7='[a-z]'	# Uninteresting: w
re8='.*?'	# Non-greedy match on filler
re9='[a-z]'	# Uninteresting: w
re10='.*?'	# Non-greedy match on filler
re11='([a-z])'	# Any Single Word Character (Not Whitespace) 1

re=(re1+re2+re3+re4+re5+re6+re7+re8+re9+re10+re11)
m=Regexp.new(re,Regexp::IGNORECASE);
if m.match(txt)
    day1=m.match(txt)[1];
    w1=m.match(txt)[2];
    puts "("<<day1<<")"<<"("<<w1<<")"<< "\n"
end

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