From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2003-05-12T17:39:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Regexp: why does (re)* return only last repetition?


"Clifford Heath" <cjh_nospam@managesoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:1052694877.603426@excalibur.osa.com.au...
> 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.

But you can still use re = /.../ instead of re = Regexp.new '...'

    robert