From: daz <dooby@...10.karoo.co.uk>
Date: 2005-11-14T08:37:16+09:00
Subject: Re: question of regexp select


Tom Reilly wrote:
> Regexp error?
> Page 538 Programming Ruby
>
> m = /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.select("TXH1138: The Movie")
> p m.to_a
>
>
> rb_tmp.rb:1: private method `select' called for /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/:Regexp
> (NoMethodError)
>  >Exit code: 1
>
>
> Why should there be a NoMethodError for select?
>


There's no method Regexp#select, AFAIK.

PickAxe I shows:

  m = /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138: The Movie")
  p m.to_a   #-> ["HX1138", "H", "X", "113", "8"]


Is that a second edition misprint?


daz