From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2009-08-21T19:27:46+09:00
Subject: Re: How to convert string "/regexp/i" to /regexp/i - ?

Josh Cheek wrote:
> class String
>   def to_r
>     Regexp.new(*strip.match(/\/(.*)\/(.*)/)[1,2])
>   end
> end
> 
> "/regexp/i".to_r # => /regexp/i
> 

Doesn't work in this case:

str = "/reg.*?exp/m"

test_str =<<ENDOFSTRING
hello rEG
world exP
ENDOFSTRING

...nor when there is more than one flag.





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