From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2009-07-18T04:28:29+09:00
Subject: Re: regexp exclusion search - find matches NOT ending with a string?

On 7/17/09, Glenn Jackman <glennj@ncf.ca> wrote:
> At 2009-07-16 08:59PM, "David A. Black" wrote:
>>  On Fri, 17 Jul 2009, BrendanC wrote:
>> > $(?<!\.html)   # <---- this seems to work with other engines
>>
>>  I would probably do:
>>
>>     lines.reject {|line| line =~ /html$/ }
>
> Is the Ruby regular expression syntax documented anywhere?
>
> I was attempting to use a look-behind, but it's not supported.
>
> The syntax is not documented in the RegExp rdocs, and I haven't seen a
> site that spells out all the nitty-gritty details and pokes into the
> dark corners.
>
> I'm looking for the Ruby equivalent of:
>     http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.5/TclCmd/re_syntax.htm
>     http://docs.python.org/library/re.html#regular-expression-syntax
>     http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html
>
> Does it exist?
For Oniguruma I found this most helpful
http://manual.macromates.com/en/regular_expressions#regular_expressions
>
>
> --
> Glenn Jackman
>     Write a wise saying and your name will live forever. -- Anonymous
Nice one

Cheers
Robert