From: 1337p337 <1337p337@...>
Date: 2006-03-10T13:50:52+09:00
Subject: Re: why does this regular expression match?

The asterisk means "Zero or more of these".  You may want to use /a+/
(One or more 'a's).

On 09/03/06, dominique.plante@gmail.com <dominique.plante@gmail.com> wrote:
> Using Test::Unit:
>
> r1 = /a*/
> assert_nil,'A' =~ r1
>
> The error I get implies that it would match in the same way that the
> following would match
> 'a' =~ r1
>
> Can anyone offer any suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
> Dominique
>
> ps. done a google search on Test::Unit lately?
>
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