From: "J. Cooper" <nefigah@...>
Date: 2008-02-21T05:15:21+09:00
Subject: regex question

So I am scanning through chat logs looking for messages where I
mentioned "points". My current regex is:
text.scan /^(.*)([-+]?[0-9]+\s+points?)(.*)$/i
So I'd like each match in 3 groups:
1. The message up until the part containing the points
2. The points part. This could have a + or - prefix, 1 or more digits,
and an optional s after point
3. The rest of the message line.

My problem is, the (.*) is eating up parts that I would like to appear
in group 2. I just bought a book on regex but I'm not very far yet :(
Any help would be appreciated!
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