From: Elliot Temple <curi@...>
Date: 2006-04-29T02:49:10+09:00
Subject: Re: regex loop yields single element array for multiple finds

irb(main):090:0* markup = "@@@asdfasdf@@@  @@@ lk;lk@@@"
=> "@@@asdfasdf@@@  @@@ lk;lk@@@"
irb(main):091:0> markup.scan(/@@@/) do |ats|
irb(main):092:1* puts ats.length
irb(main):093:1> end
3
3
3
3
=> "@@@asdfasdf@@@  @@@ lk;lk@@@"
irb(main):094:0>

On Apr 28, 2006, at 10:26 AM, Xeno Campanoli wrote:

> I have a string with say "@@@asdfasdf@@@  @@@ lk;lk@@@" called  
> markup, and I do:
>
> markup.scan(/@@@/) do |ats|
> print ats.class
> print ats.length
> end
>
> and I get the class as always Array, and the length as 1.  What's  
> with that?
>
> xc
>
>

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