From: Dan Zwell <dzwell@...>
Date: 2007-08-01T06:14:27+09:00
Subject: Re: help with string matching

Dan Daniels wrote:
> Dan Zwell wrote:
>> Dan Daniels wrote:
>>>     end
>>>     end
>>> end
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Any ideas or hints appreciated!
>>> Dan
>> What is logdatepattern, and what is its relation to logdate?
> 
> Apologies, I tried to pear down the post and left that out accidentally.
> 
> I had also tried:
> 
> logdatepattern = logdate
> 
> and
> 
> logdatepattern = logdate.to_s
> 
> Here is the original post, fixed:
> 
> This does not work:
> 
> logdate = "#{@calendar1.year}-" + (@calendar1.month + 1).to_s +
> "-#{@calendar1.day}"
> 
> puts "Getting log for #{logdate}"
> File.open("rdpconnect.log").each do |line|
>     if line.match(logdate)
>         puts line
>     end
> end
> 
> 
> However, this does:
> 
> logdate = "2007-07-30"
> puts "Getting log for #{logdate}"
> File.open("rdpconnect.log").each do |line|
>     if line.match(logdate)
>         puts line
>     end
> end
> 
> 
> The format of logdate appears the same in both instances. What am I 
> missing?
> 
> Thanks,

I don't know what @calendar1 is, so I can't reproduce this, but I 
thought what Nobu meant when he replied to you is to say that the value 
of that line contains 3 zeros, while the string you fed it contains 4.

Dan