From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-09-19T01:05:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Regular expression for string.anotherstring

Hi --

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Bart Braem wrote:

> MonkeeSage wrote:
>
>> I.e., you were matching on either side of the @
>>
> Oh boy, you are right! Thanks for the explanation.
> I will try it with:
> string =~ /^\w+\.\w+\z/

"Are you sure?\nabc.def" =~ /^\w+\.\w+\z/   # :-)

Keep in mind that ^ matches the beginning of any line.

> But is there a ruby operator to look for matches on the entire string?

Do you mean scanning the string repeatedly?  If so, then you can use
String#scan.  If you mean anchoring a regex to the beginning of the
string, then you can use \A and \z (or \Z if you want to discount a
possible ending newline).


David

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