From: Charles Hixson <charleshixsn@...>
Date: 2004-09-19T08:14:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Method improvement request .--

James Edward Gray II wrote:

> On Sep 18, 2004, at 5:04 PM, James Edward Gray II wrote:
>
>> What about something like:
>>
>> def parse1(chunk)
>>     if chunk =~ / ^([^-A-Za-z0-9]*) # pre-match
>>                (.*) # middle
>
>
> Sorry, that probably needs to be:
>
> (.*?)
>
> My bad.
>
> James Edward Gray II

That would only work if the postmatch pattern were included in the same 
pattern as the prematch, thus:
if chunk =~ /^([^-A-Za-z0-9.]*)(.*?)[^-A-Za-z0-9.]*)$/

But that's a good idea.  I hadn't realized it was so easy to specify 
that a piece of a pattern was non-greedy.
Thanks.

>
>>                ([^-A-Za-z0-9]*)$ # post-match
>>               /x
>>         a, b, c = $1, $2, $3
>>     end
>> end
>>
>> Does that give you some ideas?
>>
>> James Edward Gray II
>>
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