From: A LeDonne <aledonne.listmail@...>
Date: 2006-05-25T03:55:02+09:00
Subject: Re: RegExp Problem

On 5/24/06, John W. Long <ng@johnwlong.com> wrote:
> 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.

OK, one more thought. Do you necessarily need it in md[0]? If not...

re = /(['"])(?:.*\1)*(.*\1!)/
md = re.match %{ "this looks like "fun"!" }
p md[1]<<md[2] #=> "\"fun\"!"
md = re.match %{ 'this looks like 'fun'!' }
p md[1]<<md[2] #=> "'fun'!"

-A