From: Tim Greer <tim@...>
Date: 2009-01-08T03:14:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Simple Regexp help

Robert Klemme wrote:

> irb(main):001:0> s = "foo\n"
> => "foo\n"
> irb(main):002:0> /^[a-z]+$/i =~ s
> => 0
> 

Not knowing exactly what the OP wanted, it was only a quick example, so
what is "safe" is relative.  Anyway, the use of \A and \z is indeed
probably a better example regardless of not knowing exactly what they
want.
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