From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-05-18T08:36:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Variable substitution in a regex

On May 17, 2005, at 6:24 PM, Scott Pack wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am new to Ruby. Can I substitute the value of a
> variable into a regular expression? For example:
>
> exp = /(\d+)/ #works
> exp = /(\d+)/ + 'some string value' #Not!

Yes, the same way you interpolate in strings:

exp = /(\d+)#{'some string value'}/

Hope that helps.

James Edward Gray II