From: Jos Backus <jos@...>
Date: 2005-02-10T07:01:07+09:00
Subject: Re: How to mimic Perl's `s///' in Ruby?

On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 05:52:34AM +0900, Glenn Parker wrote:
> The Pickaxe doc for String#sub states the MatchData $-variables will be 
> available using the block form of String#sub!, but it doesn't bother to 
> remind you that they are available in the non-block form as well.

Duh, for some reason I didn't realize that $1 etc. are available _outside_ the
block in the first place as they are global.

Thanks for all your responses people, enlightening as always.

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