From: Olivier Lance <bestiol@...>
Date: 2011-08-30T01:32:54+09:00
Subject: Re: String#split resets regex captures variables (Ruby 1.8.7)

> I am doing the opposite experience over at c.l.scheme - zero replies.
> So you're lucky to be on this side of the fence.

Well good luck then ^^

> Depends on the number of groups.  If I want to be sure values are not
> changed I typically do something like
>
> if /../ =~ str
>   name = $1
>   age = $2.to_i
> ...
>   # use name and age
> end
>
> Or, if there are many groups you could do
>
> if /../ =~ str
>   all, name, age, more, variables, here = *$~
> ...
>   # use name, age, more, variables, here
> end

All right, that's more or less what I've done, I'll improve on that :)

Thanks again to everybody!

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