From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2007-07-31T23:56:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Multiple matching with ()*

2007/7/31, Alessandro Re <akirosspower@gmail.com>:
> Mh well, to me it seems a normal regex processing (i mean, it *should*
> require only one instruction, since this pattern can be read with just
> one regex, even if ruby doesn't allow it... but it would be really
> bad).
> Anyway well, splitting it there are different ways to do it - thanks
> for your sudjestion.
> But if ruby make it possible with one call, i'd prefer to use it.

irb(main):006:0> s="x1A2B3C4Dz"
=> "x1A2B3C4Dz"
irb(main):007:0> s.scan /x(\d\w)*z/
=> [["4D"]]
irb(main):008:0> s.scan /x((?:\d\w)*?)z/
=> [["1A2B3C4D"]]
irb(main):009:0> s.scan(/x((?:\d\w)*?)z/).map {|a| a[0].scan(/\d\w/)}
=> [["1A", "2B", "3C", "4D"]]

Kind regards

robert