Named regexp in Ruby

named_regexp.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby -w

r = %r{name:(?<name>[A-Za-z]+);age:(?<age>\d+);location:(?<location>\w+)}x

DATA.read.split("\n").each do |row|
  res = r.match(row)
  puts res[:name] + " " + res[:age] + " " + res[:location]
end

__END__
name:John;age:26;location:Stockholm
name:Jane;age:25;location:Copenhagen
name:Minnie;age:5;location:Oslo