From: Pit Capitain <pit@...>
Date: 2005-04-21T01:54:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Linear complete variation of MatchData#to_a, possible?

Trans schrieb:
> 
> I have a it bit of a puzzle for Regexp engine hackers out there. The
> #to_a method on MatchData gives a simple list of matching portions of
> the matched text.
> 
>   md = /(1)(2(3))(4)/.match "012345"
>   md.to_a
>   ["1234", "1", "23", "3", "4"]
> 
> But I would like a method the produces a linearly segmented list of the
> text itself, like this:
> 
>   ["0", "1", "2", [ "3" ], "4", "5" ]
> 
> Notice the array depth corresponds to the subexpression depth.

Do you really think that you want this nesting? I'd expect something like

   [ "0", [ [ "1" ], [ "2", [ "3" ] ], [ "4" ] ], "5" ]

Could you try to specify the rules for your desired nesting and 
splitting? I think it should be possible to implement something like this.

Regards,
Pit