From: Nikolai Weibull <mailing-lists.ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2005-05-18T08:46:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Variable substitution in a regex

Scott Pack wrote:

> 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!

exp = /(\d+)#{variable}/

but I don’t understand if that’s what you want.  Your example doesn’t
agree with your question,
        nikolai

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