From: Todd Benson <caduceass@...>
Date: 2008-05-08T08:17:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Check if char in string?

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Todd Benson <caduceass@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 4:48 PM, Tim Hunter <TimHunter@nc.rr.com> wrote:
>  > globalrev wrote:
>  >
>  >  if str =~ /[aeiouy]/
>  >    do foo
>  >  end
>  >
>  >  [aeiouy] is a "character class". The regular expression tests if any
>  > character in the string is in the class.
>
>  Get a good book on regular expressions.  Trust me, it will seriously
>  help you in the long run for most any type of programming/system
>  interaction.  If you want a quick look at some syntax,
>  http://www.regular-expressions.info might help.  Note that, this is
>  only one of many ways to do what you are trying to do, but I think it
>  is the best way for this case.

Hmm..hmm (cough).  I was talking to globalrev, not Tim :/

Todd