From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2005-09-03T01:18:55+09:00
Subject: Re: variables in regex

Hi --

On Sat, 3 Sep 2005 JCYoder@gmail.com wrote:

> Does anyone know how I can write a regular expression using a variable
> in a range?
>
> For example:
> string.scan(/(.{1, variable})(?: |$)/).join("\n")
>
> This generates the following error:
> warning: regexp has invalid interval
> warning: regexp has `}' without escape

  /.{1,#{variable}}/


David

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David A. Black
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