From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@...>
Date: 2003-05-12T23:51:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Regexp: why does (re)* return only last repetition?

On Mon, May 12, 2003 at 10:18:00PM +0900, Austin Ziegler wrote:
> On Mon, 12 May 2003 17:39:19 +0900, Robert Klemme wrote:
> > Clifford Heath:
> >> Robert Klemme wrote:
> >>> Clifford Heath:
> >>>> 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 '...'
> 
> Again, if and only if one is specifying the regular expression
> statically.

It doesn't have to be static:

  pat = "ana"
  str = "banana"
  index = /#{pat}/ =~ str
  p index                 # >>1

Regards,

Brian.