# URL that generated this code:
# http://txt2re.com/index-ruby.php3?s=08:Nov:2018%20%22This%20is%20an%20Example!%22&-8&-46

#!/usr/bin/ruby
txt='08:Nov:2018 "This is an Example!"'

re1='.*?'	# Non-greedy match on filler
re2='8'	# Uninteresting: d
re3='.*?'	# Non-greedy match on filler
re4='(8)'	# Any Single Digit 1
re5='.*?'	# Non-greedy match on filler
re6='(This)'	# Variable Name 1

re=(re1+re2+re3+re4+re5+re6)
m=Regexp.new(re,Regexp::IGNORECASE);
if m.match(txt)
    d1=m.match(txt)[1];
    var1=m.match(txt)[2];
    puts "("<<d1<<")"<<"("<<var1<<")"<< "\n"
end

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