From: Tim Mcd <tmcdowell@...>
Date: 2009-01-15T02:47:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Regexp in Ruby

Tim Mcd wrote:
> Teme Rosi wrote:
>> names = ["My name is Jack"]
>> if names =~ /My name is (\w+)/i
>> puts $1
>> end
>> 
>> 
>> What im trying to do with this code is to print rest of the line of the
>> same line where "My name is" is. But it doesnt work. Can anyone help?
> 
> Hmm, that works for me. I don't know what the /i is for tho. If you need 
> to tset out regexp's try www.rubular.com

Wait a second! Could your problem be this: names is an array. names =~ 
/yourregexp/ would be trying to match the array. Try names[0] =~ /My 
name is (\w+)/i

 Tim.
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