From: Fleck Jean-Julien <jeanjulien.fleck@...>
Date: 2009-12-27T18:07:30+09:00
Subject: Re: How to truncate the spaces in the front of a line

Hello,

> so strange...
> /s should match all the spaces, including tabs,but it doesn't work.
> I will try to use XML Parser.

Well, it would be more useful if you used \s instead (wih a backslash
and not a slash). Try with

name = line.gsub(/^\s+/,"")

By the way, all useful shortcuts in regexp start with a backslash and
not a slash (usually reserved to delimit the regexp)

Cheers,

-- 
JJ Fleck
PCSI1 Lycée Kléber