From: kjana@...4lab.to (YANAGAWA Kazuhisa)
Date: 2001-10-26T21:28:13+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:23430] Re: Fuzzy string match upgrade needed

In message <63604d2.0110251320.102763b5@posting.google.com>
phlip_cpp@yahoo.com writes:

> Tokenizer = /-?\d+(?:\.\d+)(?:e(?:-)\d+)?|[a-zA-Z]+|(?:-(?!\d)|[^\d\s-])/
> "1 + -8.71 -8.1e5 + 8.1e-5 + -8.1e-5".scan(Tokenizer)

  Tokenizer = /-?\d+(?:\.\d+)?(?:e(?:-)?\d+)?|[a-zA-Z]+|(?:-(?!\d)|[^\d\s-])/
  "1 + -8.71 -8.1e5 + 8.1e-5 + -8.1e-5".scan(Tokenizer)
  #=> ["1", "+", "-8.71", "-8.1e5", "+", "8.1e-5", "+", "-8.1e-5"]

You missed `?'s so /.\d+/ is not optional but required.  minus sign
after `e' is also.


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kjana@dm4lab.to                               October 26, 2001
Slow and steady wins the race.