i have 3 types of strings need parse:
"john smith <jsmith@gmail.com>" "\"jsmith@gmail.com\" <jsmith@gmail.com>, \"bob@gmail.com\" <bob@gmail.com>" "\"yo@gmail.com\" <yo@gmail.com>, john smith <jsmith@gmial.com>" i need hash of each, looks like:
{ 'john smith' => 'jsmith@gmail.com' } # first 1 { 'jsmith@gmail.com' => 'jsmith@gmail.com', 'bob@gmail.com' => 'bob@gmail.com' } # second 1 { 'yo@gmail.com' => 'yo@gmail.com', 'john smith' => 'jsmith@gmail.com' } # third 1
you can use mail gem parse.
emails = "\"jsmith@gmail.com\" <jsmith@gmail.com>, \"bob@gmail.com\" <bob@gmail.com>, \"bobby\" <bobby@gmail.com>" raw_addresses = mail::addresslist.new(emails) result = raw_addresses.addresses.map {|a| {name: a.name, email: a.address}} the same thread: stackoverflow thread
