From: Simon Strandgaard <neoneye@...>
Date: 2007-01-13T01:33:12+09:00
Subject: Re: DRY gsub...

On 1/12/07, benjohn@fysh.org <benjohn@fysh.org> wrote:
> > a = d.split(/(?:\r\n|[;, ])/)
> >
> > Hope that helps.
>
> Out of interest, what does the ?: do in there? I've googled, etc, honest!

(?: )   is a non-capturing group

its not necessary here
"ab;c,xx\r\nyy zz".split(/\r\n|[;, ]/)
#=> ["ab", "c", "xx", "yy", "zz"]

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