From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2003-10-09T18:12:17+09:00
Subject: Re: shorthand notation for multiline in regexps?


"Carl Youngblood" <carl@ycs.biz> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:cLVgb.521546$Oz4.379040@rwcrnsc54...
> Is there a way to declare a multiline or ignorecase regexp without using
> Regexp.new()?  I'd like to be able to do something like:
>
> /someregexp/im
>
> or something like that, similar to the way perl allows you to put stuff
> after the regexp.  I can't find anything about this in Programming Ruby.

MY_LONG_COMMENTED_REGEXP = /
(\w+)    # given name
\s+
(\w+)    # surname
\s+
(\d+)    # age
/mix

Reegards

    robert