From: Jeff Wood <jeff.darklight@...>
Date: 2005-11-27T09:51:00+09:00
Subject: Re: String#to_rx ?

I didn't want them to be ... I wanted the body of the string to be
passed in literally ...

Yes, I understand if I wanted otherwise I would have to do just a
touch more work...

c = /#{ Regexp.escape( b ) }/

but, it's all literal, and doesn't surprise me... as it shouldn't anyone else.

/#{ b }/ where b = "w.*" should be /w.*/

... guess I'm not understanding the original point ... somebody
wanting an additional wrapper for strings that auto escapes them ?

why not write one %e( ) or something like that.

...

j.


On 11/26/05, Trans <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
> Jeff,
>
>   a = "hello world"
>   b = "w.*"
>   c = /#{ b }/
>   c.match( a ).to_a
>   #=> ["world"]
>
> Characters arn't escaped.
>
> T.
>
>
>


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