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Loop through a string matching a regex and performing an action for each match

Create a list [fish1,cow3,boat4] when matching "(fish):1 sausage (cow):3 tree (boat):4" with regex /\((\w+)\):(\d+)/
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ruby
list = text.scan(/\((\w+)\):(\d+)/).collect{|x| x.join}
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ruby
list=[]
text.scan(/\((\w+)\):(\d+)/) {
list << $1+$2
}
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csharp .net 2.0 but compiled with c# 3.0
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

public static class extensions {
public static IList<string> Map(this string me, string pattern, Func<Match, string> action){
IList<string> matches = new List<string>();
foreach (Match match in Regex.Matches(me,pattern)){
matches.Add(action(match));
}
return matches;
}
}

class Test
{
static void Main()
{
IList<string> list = "(fish):1 sausage (cow):3 tree (boat):4".Map(@"\((\w+)\):(\d+)", (m) => {return m.Groups[1].Value + m.Groups[2].Value;});
}
}
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fantom
m := Regex<|\((\w+)\):(\d+)|>.matcher(s)
list := Str[,]
while (m.find) { list.add("${m.group(1)}${m.group(2)}") }
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fsharp
let list = new ResizeArray<string>()
let mutable regmatch = (Regex.Match("(fish):1 sausage (cow):3 tree (boat):4", "\\((\\w+)\\):(\\d+)"))

while regmatch.Success do
list.Add(regmatch.Groups.[1].Captures.[0].ToString() ^ regmatch.Groups.[2].Captures.[0].ToString())
regmatch <- regmatch.NextMatch()
done

for word in list do printfn "%s" word done
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fsharp
// A solution without mutation:
let results =
Regex.Matches("(fish):1 sausage (cow):3 tree (boat):4", "\\((\\w+)\\):(\\d+)")
|> Seq.cast
|> Seq.map (fun (regmatch: Match) ->
regmatch.Groups.[1].Captures.[0].ToString() + regmatch.Groups.[2].Captures.[0].ToString()
)
|> List.ofSeq

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