From: "John W. Long" <ng@...>
Date: 2006-05-25T01:50:20+09:00
Subject: Re: RegExp Problem

John W. Long wrote:
> That makes perfect sense. So how do I get it to do what I want?

I have something that works now:

   re = /(?:"[^"]*?"|'[^']*?')!/
   md = re.match %{ "this looks like "fun"!" }
   md[0] #=> "\"fun\"!"
   md = re.match %{ 'this looks like 'fun'!' }
   md[0] => "'fun'!"

Still, it makes me wonder if it's possible to do it with back references.

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John Long
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