From: Phillip Gawlowski <pg@...>
Date: 2009-12-27T12:48:58+09:00
Subject: Re: How to truncate the spaces in the front of a line

On 27.12.2009 04:40, Phillip Gawlowski wrote:

> The regexp "^ +" (the // notation is one of the many ways to tell Ruby
> we are using a regexp) means "At the beginning of the line ("^"), find
> any spaces(" "), and then stop ("+")". More or less, anyway (I'm not a
> Regexp guru). ;)

Actually, toss that explanation where it belongs: The waste receptacle.

The regex means "match one or more spaces (" +"), at the beginning of 
the line("^")".

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Phillip Gawlowski