From: Mike Stok <mike@...>
Date: 2005-12-25T13:06:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Regex: how to match duplicate syllables?


On 24-Dec-05, at 10:27 PM, basi wrote:

> Merry Christmas!
>
> But work goes on :(
>
> Just trying a way to match duplicate syllables.
>
> C = "bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz"
> V = "aeiou"
>
> aString =~ /[#{C}][#{V}][#{C}][#{V}]/
>
> should match if the first CV matches the next CV. Hence, "waikiki"
> should match on "kiki". And  "dodo", "paparazzi" should match too.

What about using \1 e.g.

C = "bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz"
V = "aeiou"

%w{ kiki dodo paparazzi abacab }.each do |word|
   puts "#{word} matched" if word =~ /([#{C}][#{V}])\1/
end

Hope this helps,

Mike

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