From: "Todd A. Jacobs" <tjacobs-sndr-019fdb@...>
Date: 2007-06-04T15:56:31+09:00
Subject: Ruby problem with conditional ranges

I'm running into a problem doing a conditional range in ruby. The sample
code is:

    #!/usr/bin/ruby

    ## one
    ## two
    ## three
    ## four
    ## five

    File.open($0, 'r') { |f|
	while f.gets
	    print $_.sub(/^##/, '') if /^## two/ .. /^## four/
	end
    }

I'm expecting:

    two
    three
    four

but I get the whole file with the leading pound signs stripped off.
What's wrong here?

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