From: A LeDonne <aledonne.listmail@...>
Date: 2006-05-25T04:03:29+09:00
Subject: Re: RegExp Problem

On 5/24/06, A LeDonne <aledonne.listmail@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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

Better:  re = /(['"])(?:.*\1)(.*\1!)/

-A