From: dblack@...
Date: 2007-03-05T10:38:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Help needed with Regexp Class

Hi --

On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, Sean Smitz wrote:

> I can not seem to get the Regexp::MULTILINE mode enabled for specific
> Regexp objects. I've tried:
>
> Regexp.new(expr, 'm')
> Regexp.new(expr, '/m')
> Regexp.new(expr, Regexp::MULTILINE)
>
> among others. What goes in the option field? Thanks in advance,

irb(main):001:0> Regexp.new(".", Regexp::MULTILINE)
=> /./m

If expr is itself a regex, then the multiline flag will be ignored,
but you should get a warning for that.


David

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