From: Simon Baird <simon.baird@...>
Date: 2006-07-28T10:10:56+09:00
Subject: Equivalent of perl's \Q in regexps?

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marker = '***'

code = <<-EOT
var x = 1
//*** hello
function foo() {}
EOT

p code.to_a.grep(/\*\*\*/)          # -> ["//*** hello\n"]   that's what I
want but using marker

#p code.to_a.grep(/#{marker}/)      # -> invalid regexp error

p code.to_a.grep(/#{%q(marker)}/)   # -> [], doesn't work



In perl you can do /\Q$marker/ and it escapes $marker for the regexp.


Simon.

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Simon Baird <simon.baird@gmail.com>

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