From: Heesob Park <phasis@...>
Date: 2008-07-23T14:55:52+09:00
Subject: Re: largest Regex match possible

Hi,

2008/7/23 gsterndale <gsterndale@gmail.com>:
> In the example below I'd like to match 'what is' and 'foo bar'. Any
> ideas?
>
> 'what is foo bar' =~ /(.*)\s*(foo bar|bar)/ => 0
> $1 => "what is foo "
> $2 => "bar"
>
> Thanks!
>
>
Try this:

'what is foo bar' =~ /(.*?)\s+(foo bar|bar)/

Regards,

Park Heesob