From: Jos Backus <jos@...>
Date: 2005-02-10T07:02:51+09:00
Subject: Re: How to mimic Perl's `s///' in Ruby?

On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 05:25:52AM +0900, James Edward Gray II wrote:
> I don't think I understand the question.  Ruby supports replacement 
> with and empty string and even $1, just like Perl.
 
Somehow I didn't realize the significance of the $ in $1.

> line.sub!(/^((\d+)\s+/, "")
> puts "#{line}\n#{$1}"
> 
> Hope that helps.
 
Sure does, thanks.

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