From: Kent Dahl <kentda@...>
Date: 2003-05-13T00:02:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Regexp: why does (re)* return only last repetition?

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.

Am I missing something or just misunderstanding what you mean by
specifying it statically?

def check( name, string )
  puts /Mr\. (#{name.capitalize})/.match(string)[1]
end
check "nelson", "Hello Mr. Nelson, how are you?"  #=> Nelson

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