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Regex to catch groups of same digits in Ruby

Is it possible to catch all grous of same digits in string with regex on Ruby? I'm not familiar with regex.

I mean: regex on "1112234444" will produce ["111", "22", "3", "4444"]

I know, I can use (\d)(\1*), but it only gives me 2 groups in each match. ["1", "11"], ["2", "2"], ["3", -], ["4", "444"]

How can I get 1 group in each match? Thanks.

Solution

  • Here, give this a shot:

    ((\d)\2*)