From: nobu.nokada@...
Date: 2002-11-15T15:23:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Regexp: What does //o do?

Hi,

At Fri, 15 Nov 2002 15:02:51 +0900,
Jim Freeze wrote:
> In a regex, what is the /o for (as opposed to n, i or g)?
> 
> EG
>  re = /\A\s+/o

This o has no meanings.  It's usefull with interpolation.

['\A\s+', '\S+\z'].map {|s| /#{s}/}	# => [/\A\s+/, /\S+\z/]
['\A\s+', '\S+\z'].map {|s| /#{s}/o}	# => [/\A\s+/, /\A\s+/]

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Nobu Nakada