From: gaurav bagga <gaurav.v.bagga@...>
Date: 2006-12-27T14:20:27+09:00
Subject: reg exp comparison hanging irb

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hi,

was just going trough reg exp
the lines below just hangs irb and cpu usage goes 100% on windows xp
can anyone explain me why?


irb(main):001:0> r=/^(https?:\/\/)?[a-z0-9]+([\.\-\_=&\+\/\?]?[a-z0-9]+)+$/i
=> /^(https?:\/\/)?[a-z0-9]+([\.\-\_=&\+\/\?]?[a-z0-9]+)+$/i
irb(main):002:0> "
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse_th
read/thread/8f085b191387d799/e78a71cbd7354c0c#e78a71cbd7354c0c"=~r

i'll appreciate if anyone helps with this.

regards
gaurav...

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