From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2012-10-06T20:38:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Regular Expression Help

On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 12:25 PM,  <sto.mar@web.de> wrote:
> Am 06.10.2012 12:12, schrieb Robert Klemme:
>
>> On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 1:21 AM,  <sto.mar@web.de> wrote:
>>
>>> 1.9.3-p194 :001 > text = '"--- this is a string ---" = "--- this is a
>>> string
>>> ---";'
>>>   => "\"--- this is a string ---\" = \"--- this is a string ---\";"
>>> 1.9.3-p194 :002 > text.scan(/"(.*?)" = "(.*?)"/).flatten
>>>   => ["--- this is a string ---", "--- this is a string ---"]
>>
>> I'd rather use an approach which explicitly includes the "=" sign
>
> ???
>
> It does.

Right you are.  I let myself irritate by your usage of String#scan.
Sorry for that.

I do not think this is a case for #scan though since according to the
OP's description the String only contains one "assignment".  So it's
either "match" or "don't match".

Kind regards

robert


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