From: Andrew Timberlake <andrew@...>
Date: 2009-01-28T21:26:48+09:00
Subject: Re: regexp multiple matches

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On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Mickael Faivre-Macon <faivrem@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> /(\d+),(\d+)(;(\d+),(\d+))*/
>
> This regexp matches are:
> 0: (5,1;5,7;3,2)
> 1: (5)
> 2: (1)
> 3: (;3,2)
> 4: (3)
> 5: (2)
>
> My question is why ;5,7 is not matched ?
>
> Thanks,
> Mickael.
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>
Mickael

Because it matches ;5,7 first and then overwrites $3,$4 & $5 with ;3,2 which
matches based on the '*'

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