From: David Alan Black <dblack@...>
Date: 2000-12-16T00:45:03+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:7324] Re: Where is /pat/g (Perl) and findall() (Python)?

On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Josh Huber wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 12:28:53AM +0900, David Alan Black wrote:
> > irb(main):003:0> "abc" =~ /(.)/g
> > SyntaxError: compile error
> > (irb):3: parse error
> > (irb):3:in `irb_binding'
> > 
> > I've never seen the /g modifier mentioned anywhere (I think -- ?).
> 
> Isn't String#scan what you want?
> 
> irb(main):004:0> "abc".scan(/(.)/)
> [["a"], ["b"], ["c"]]

I wasn't the OP -- I'm just butting in 'cause Dave's posting
puzzled me.  (String#scan was my recommendation, too. :-)


David

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