From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2004-10-07T22:04:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Index of multiple similar strings


"Milo Thurston" <nospam@linacreschoolofdefence.org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:ck3dg6$6sr$1@news.ox.ac.uk...
> Robert Klemme <bob.news@gmx.net> wrote:
> >   puts "Index #{$`.length}"
>
> Excellent, thanks.
> In which book/manual is $` described? I've not seen it before.

It's in the Pickaxe (both versions) although not in the online version of
the first edition AFAIK.  You can find about the other way in the Regexp
doc:
http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/html/ref_c_regexp.html
http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Regexp.html

Kind regards

    robert