From: Todd Benson <caduceass@...>
Date: 2008-04-02T23:31:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Regexp Capture Access

On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Oliver Saunders
<oliver.saunders@gmail.com> wrote:
> Given that:
>
>  %r{(\w,)+}.match('a,b,c')[0] #=> "a,b,"
>
>  and
>
>  %r{(\w,)+}.match('a,b,c')[1] #=> "b,"
>
>  How do I access the capture that contains "a,"?

Maybe leave the plus symbol (+) out?

r = /(\w,)/
r.match('hi,a,b,c')[1]
=> "i,"

I'd probably use #scan, or even #split, instead.

Todd