From: srinsriram@...
Date: 2007-04-07T02:35:04+09:00
Subject: Re: string scan question

No there isnt any (due to wrapping here)..
I didnt know about the multiline option (seem to have missed that in
the docs). that worked

thanks very much

On Apr 6, 1:27 pm, Peter Szinek <p...@rubyrailways.com> wrote:
> srinsri...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Here is a simple test case
>
> > s = <VariableValue>\nXXX\n</VariableValue>\n\n<VariableValue>
> > \n<Choice> Administrative Support - Supervisors<Choice>\n</
> > VariableValue>\n\n"
>
> > for the VariableValue tag, there should be 2 array elements  \nXXX
> > \n    AND   \n<Choice> Administrative Support - Supervisors<Choice>\n
>
> > s.scan(/<VariableValue>(.+?)</).flatten   returns an empty array
>
> Ah OK, I did not know there can be other tags inside. This works better:
>
> s.scan(/<VariableValue>(.+?)<\/VariableValue>/m).flatten
>
> (note the 'm' flag for multiline)
>
> however, to really match your example, I needed this:
>
> s.scan(/<VariableValue>(.+?)<\/\n?VariableValue>/m).flatten
>
> are you sure there is a line break between / and the tag name?
>
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
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