From: William James <w_a_x_man@...>
Date: 2005-08-14T13:11:12+09:00
Subject: Re: YANQ (yet another newbie question): "string"[0.."e"]


basi wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to say in Ruby:
>
> "astring"[0../r/]     #"ast"
> "astring"[/ast/..-1]  #"ring"
>
> In other words, indexing using a "pattern".
>
> Thanks,
> basi

"astring"[/.*?(?=r)/]  -->  "ast"
"astring"[/(.*?)r/,1]  -->  "ast"

"astring"[/ast(.*)/,1]  -->  "ring"