From: Nathan <njmacinnes@...>
Date: 2010-04-09T21:13:39+09:00
Subject: Re: zero-width positive "look-behind"?

Ah (?<=a)ttt is what I was after. Thanks for the link.

On Apr 9, 11:10 am, Robert Klemme <shortcut...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 04/09/2010 10:40 AM, Nathan wrote:
>
> >> "tttttattttt".match(/ttt(?=a)/) #http://rubular.com/r/21Zo6JP09f
> > => ["ttt"]
> >> "tttttattttt".match(/(?=a)ttt/) #http://rubular.com/r/d1VSUwwZUu
> > => nil
>
> > Why? And how can I get this effect?
>
> It seems you have just demonstrated how to get the effect you described.
>
> For more info:
>
> http://www.geocities.jp/kosako3/oniguruma/doc/RE.txt
>
> Note: you need Ruby 1.9.
>
> Kind regards
>
>         robert
>
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