From: Assaph Mehr <assaph@...>
Date: 2005-03-17T14:09:46+09:00
Subject: Re: regex question


> line = "some line of stuff"
> line =~ /regex stuff here/
> if $1; result = $1; end
>
> Generally, I'm checking to see if a given regex exists in a string
and
> I usually want to save some stuff from it.
>
> But my way seems kinda clunky...

I like this way:

.. if md = line.match(regex) # assign expr result in if
..   puts md.captures
.. end

HTH,
Assaph