From: Alex Young <alex@...>
Date: 2007-05-17T21:51:12+09:00
Subject: Re: RegExp problem

Charlie S wrote:
> I need to match a block of text as follows
> 
> Discard all lines which begin with //
> Capture all lines in between as single strings
> 
> So
> 
> // section 1
>  bit
> 
> bit more
> 
> // section 2
> 
> 
>    more stuff
> 
> // section 3
> 
> 
> and yet more
> 
> Should yeild 3 strings:
> [ bit\n\nbit more\n\n]
> [\n\n\n   more stuff\n\n]
> [\n\n\nand yet more\n]
> 
> Can anyone help?
> 
> I've tried:
> 
> builds = s.scan(%r[\n//[^\n]*\n([^\n]*\n)+?]m)
> 
> but this yields
> [ bit]
> [\n]
> [\n]
> 
> how can I make the group capture more than a line?
> 
s.split(%r{//.*})
=> ["", "\n bit\n\nbit more\n\n", "\n\n\n   more stuff\n\n", "\n\n\nand 
yet more\n\n"]

Close enough?

-- 
Alex