From: Clifford Heath <cjh_nospam@...>
Date: 2003-05-12T08:17:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Regexp: why does (re)* return only last repetition?

Robert Klemme wrote:
> To achieve what you want, this is better:
> matches = str.scan /[*?]|(?:[^*?]+)/

Yup, thanks, much better.

>>re = Regexp.new('[a-z\\]')
> Why not simply do
> re = /[a-z\\]/

Because it was part of a larger extended re.

Thoughts on Dir.glob anyone?

Clifford.