From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2003-11-17T10:26:10+09:00
Subject: Re: regexp indexes to strings

>>>>> "R" == Rob Partington <rjp@frottage.org> writes:

R>   irb(main):006:0> a[/123/, 2]="xxx"
R>   IndexError: index 2 out of regexp

 Well, this case is for

svg% ruby -e 'a="123-456-1239"; a[/1(2)3/, 1] = "xxx"; p a'
"1xxx3-456-1239"
svg% 

svg% ruby -e 'a="123-456-1239"; a[/1(2)(3)/, 2] = "xxx"; p a'
"12xxx-456-1239"
svg% 

 you can write

svg% ruby -e 'a="123-456-1239"; a[/123/] = "xxx"; p a'
"xxx-456-1239"
svg% 


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Guy Decoux