From: lecouey <lecouey.bypass@...1.com>
Date: 2001-10-16T02:44:55+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:22581] Re: extracting from delimited text files



Sean Russell wrote:

>>. . .
>>
>
>Actually, I lied.  It isn't recursing; it is repeating the pattern match.   . . .
>
>Regular expressions can be complicated, but they are extremely useful.  
>O'Reilly publishes a "Regular Expressions in a Nutshell" (or is it "Regular 
>Expressions Explained"?  I don't remember, but O'Reilly publishes it) which 
>is an excellent reference.
>
>. . .
>
__Mastering Regular Expressions__, by Jeffrey E.F. Friedl. 1997, 
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.

I'm afread that's all I can contribute. I too HAD a regex function that 
worked on "standard" delimenated data, only it went down with my last 
machine when my OS ate my hard disk. B-(,

Oh well. It gives me a chance to relearn some things I'd forgotten P-)

Lawrence C.

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