From: Hans Mackowiak Date: 2013-02-04T20:14:52+09:00 Subject: Re: Character classes use in Ruby digit for sample can match more than just plain 0-9 # U+06F2 is "EXTENDED ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT TWO" /[[:digit:]]/.match("\u06F2") #=> # -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.