From: D T <tran55555@...>
Date: 2003-06-24T05:56:25+09:00
Subject: Re: can't find appropriate regexp

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Oops, sorry the previous one does not match well the third case.
 
change:
p line.scan(/"(?:[^\"]|\\")+"/).collect! {|e| e.sub!(/^"(.*)"$/, '\1')}
 
to:
p line.scan(/".+(?!\\)"/).collect! {|e| e.sub!(/^"(.*)"$/, '\1')}
 
# need explanation about /".+(?!\\)"/  ?
 
Now it works for all 3 cases.
 
Dave


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<DIV>Oops, sorry the&nbsp;previous one does not match well the third case.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>change:</DIV>
<DIV>p line.scan(/"(?:[^\"]|\\")+"/).collect! {|e| e.sub!(/^"(.*)"$/, '\1')}</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>to:</DIV>
<DIV>p line.scan(/".+(?!\\)"/).collect! {|e| e.sub!(/^"(.*)"$/, '\1')}</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV># need explanation about /".+(?!\\)"/&nbsp; ?</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Now it works for all 3 cases.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Dave</DIV><p><hr SIZE=1>
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