From: Junkone Date: 2008-01-25T22:34:58+09:00 Subject: regex issue my pattern should match either import or delete However it does not seem to be working. irb(main):014:0> pattern="([import]|[delete])" => "([import]|[delete])" irb(main):015:0> pattern.match("import") => # irb(main):016:0> $1 => nil