From: MikkelFJ <mikkelfj-anti-spam@...>
Date: 2003-03-12T22:34:35+09:00
Subject: Re: scanning strings


"ts" <decoux@moulon.inra.fr> wrote in message
news:200303121125.h2CBPWd09137@moulon.inra.fr...
> >>>>> "Y" == YANAGAWA Kazuhisa <kjana@dm4lab.to> writes:
>
> Y> Hmm, by the way,
> Y>     " abc def ghi ".split(/(\s+)/)
> Y> yields
> Y>     ["", " ", "abc", " ", "def", " ", "ghi", " "]
>
> pigeon% ruby -e 'p " abc def ghi ".split(/(\s+)/, -1)'
> ["", " ", "abc", " ", "def", " ", "ghi", " ", ""]
> pigeon%

Arrgh - now I see. I need to create a submatch: /(\+s)/, not /\s+/
I did use the -1 to handle border conditions.

Mikkel