From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2004-06-30T01:52:47+09:00
Subject: Re: another strange regexp case

>>>>> "K" == Kristof Bastiaensen <kristof@vleeuwen.org> writes:

K> irb(main):004:0> /(theone)?/.match(" theone").to_a
K> => ["", nil]

 When the regexp engine try to match `t' it fail, because the first
 character is ` ' and the regexp succeed because `theone' was optional

K> irb(main):003:0> /(theone)?/.match("theone").to_a
K> => ["theone", "theone"]

 it can match `theone' in its first try


Guy Decoux