From: Guillermo Riojas <guillermo.riojas@...>
Date: 2010-11-23T03:45:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Multi-line regular expression match question

Ammar Ali wrote in post #962576:
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Ammar Ali <ammarabuali@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> If you're using ruby 1.9 you can do us that, *? is the reluctant version of *:
>>
>>  /^\|-:$.*?^-\|$/m
>
> ---8<---
>
>> If you're on 1.8, one possibility is:
>>
>>  /^\|-:$(?m:.*?)(?=^-\|)^-\|$/
>
> I was under the impression that the reluctant versions of the four
> quantifiers was only available under ruby 1.9, but they are apparently
> available under 1.8 as well. I used it in the example I showed for 1.8
> without noticing.
>
> Regards,
> Ammar

Thanks for clarification Ammar, it works perfectly, and also for the 
book recommendation very useful , thanks a lot

guillermo

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