From: "Peña, Botp" <botp@...>
Date: 2007-06-28T14:03:58+09:00
Subject: Re: More Regexp and file load problems

From: Don Levan [mailto:levandon@gmail.com] :
# file = File.new('/Users/donlevan/Desktop/DDRs/Apple Dealer Price  
# List.xml')
# 
# file.each do |line|
#    if line =~ regexp

since your regex passes the string test, i would suspect the contents of the file itself. possibly the expression is broken into multiple lines..

#        puts "#{$1}"
#    end
# end


try grepping the file first

root@pc4all:~# grep -i Helvetica test.txt
<Font-family codeSet="Roman" fontId="0">Helvetica</Font-family>

then pass the result to  simplified ruby program 

root@pc4all:~# cat test.rb
regexp = Regexp.new(/^\s*<Font-family codeSet=\"\w*\" fontId=\"\d*\">(\w*)<\/Font-family>\s*$/)
ARGF.each do |line|
   if line =~ regexp
       puts "#{$1}"

   end
end


root@pc4all:~# grep -i Helvetica test.txt | ruby test.rb
Helvetica