From: Alex Young <alex@...>
Date: 2006-06-25T04:27:17+09:00
Subject: Re: string =~ string

Timothy Hunter wrote:
> Alex Young wrote:
>> http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/String.html#M001849 says this:
>>
>>   "cat o' 9 tails" =~ '\d'   #=> nil
>>
>> I get this:
>>
>> irb(main):001:0> "cat o' 9 tails" =~ '\d'
>> TypeError: type mismatch: String given
>>         from (irb):1:in `=~'
>>         from (irb):1
>>
>> $ ruby -v
>> ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i386-mswin32]
>>
>> Any clues?
>>
> Use a regexp:
> 
> irb(main):004:0> "cat o' 9 tails" =~ /\d/
> => 7
> 
That's not the point.  Why is what I'm seeing different to what's in the 
docs?  They explicitly say I should be able to use a string there, and 
I've just wasted half an hour tracking that bug down because of that.

-- 
Alex