From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2009-02-11T05:38:01+09:00
Subject: Re: String#split "feature"

Gary Yngve wrote:
>
> The 1.8 docs are silent on this, but the 1.9 docs at least say
> "If pattern contains groups, the respective matches will be returned in 
> the
> array as well. "
> 

pickaxe2 p.619:
=====
split
...
...
If pattern includes groups, these groups will be included in the 
returned values.
...
=====


> This "feature" surprised the heck out of me..  Anyone know if this
> functionality is intentional (from the enduser standpoint), or rather a
> byproduct of implementation details?
> 

It can be a really handy feature.  python's regex split() function works 
the same way.


> Anyhoo, if anyone else gets weird behavior for string split including 
> the
> pattern, or with groups in the pattern, maybe you'll remember this or 
> maybe
> google will tell you about this.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Gary

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