From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2004-10-06T00:27:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Regexp match question on interpolated strings...

On Oct 5, 2004, at 9:44 AM, Brian Schr�der wrote:

> This would be:
> .sub(/^(.+?)\#\{.+\}/m, '\1')
>                ^
> Why are you preferring the greedy match?

If it's know there are no braces in the string save the #{ ... }, I 
think it's much preferable.  {}s are certainly allowed in Ruby code.

> And if I get it right this substitutes
>  "name = #{person.first_name+" "+person.last_name} ... Ok?"
> to
>  "name =  ... Ok?"
>
> I don't think that is what is asked? Or am I wrong?

Hmm, rereading the original message, I believe you are right.  My 
apologies.

James Edward Gray II