From: dblack@...
Date: 2007-06-29T06:40:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Help with regular expression

Hi --
>
On Fri, 29 Jun 2007, Jesse Hk wrote:

> Am I missing something here? Why not just test for equality?
>
>
> irb(main):001:0> "foo" == "foo"
> => true
> irb(main):002:0> "foo" == "bar"
> => false

That doesn't cover the case where the string includes the substring
"bar" but also includes other characters.


David

-- 
* Books:
   RAILS ROUTING (new! http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0321509242)
   RUBY FOR RAILS (http://www.manning.com/black)
* Ruby/Rails training
     & consulting:  Ruby Power and Light, LLC (http://www.rubypal.com)