From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2002-10-22T20:44:32+09:00
Subject: Re: newby asks: giving regexps as argument for funvtions

>>>>> "P" == =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Pe=F1a=2C Botp=22?= <iso-8859-1> writes:

P> I get a syntax error here, sir Guy. If I replace the first nest {} with ()
P> (parens), it works fine. I'm running it on irb v0.7.4

pigeon% irb -v
irb 0.7.4(01/05/08)
pigeon% 

pigeon% irb
irb(main):001:0> str = "aaa"
"aaa"
irb(main):002:0> re = "a"
"a"
irb(main):003:0> m = %r{#{re}}.match(str)
#<MatchData:0x40195ef4>
irb(main):004:0> 
pigeon% 


Guy Decoux