From: Peter Bailey <pbailey@...>
Date: 2007-09-18T21:41:32+09:00
Subject: finding string matches, in order, in a file

Hi,
I've got files I want to parse. I'm using a string scan routine that
populates an array. I need to pull the entries of that array out, in
order, eventually. I'm getting an array all right, but, I don't
understand its order. The first instance in the string, meaning the
whole file, is way down the list in the array. The first entry in the
array is an entry that's 300 lines deep into the file. Why isn't the
first instance in the string, the file, the first entry in the array?

xmlfile.scan(/<issueList>\n<issue code=\"[A-Z]{3}\">(.*)<\/issue>\n?/)
do |match|

codes = $1
puts codes

Thanks,
Peter
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