From: William James <w_a_x_man@...>
Date: 2005-12-21T21:57:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Regex with multiple returns

Robert Klemme wrote:

> 'boringstuff(returnthisplease)notthis(butthis)dontwantthis(butIdowantthisn
> omatterhowmanyparenthiesisthereare)'.scan(/\(([^)]*)\)/).map {|m|m[0]}
> => ["returnthisplease", "butthis",
> "butIdowantthisnomatterhowmanyparenthiesisthereare"]
>
>     robert

p "junk(keep)trash(this)detritus(text)".scan(/\((.*?)\)/).flatten