From: "Stephan Kämper" <Stephan.Kaemper@...>
Date: 2004-01-12T01:56:38+09:00
Subject: Re: regex to NOT match?

David Garamond wrote:
> Ruby Baby wrote:
> 
>> I couldn't find it in any documentation, or Ruby Way or Programming 
>> Ruby books.
> 
> Yes, it would be nice if these two excellent Ruby books explain/tutor 
> more about regexp, especially for beginners. As a comparison, regexp 
> receives quite a thorough explanation in many Perl books. Not all Ruby 
> users come from Perl, mind you. :-)
> 

If you'd like to read some really serious stuff about regexes, I 
recommend Jeffrey Friedl's "Masterning Regular Expressions" by O'Reilly.
The current edition covers Ruby too, if I remember correctly - I 'only' 
have the 1st edition, but even that one is quite a help in understanding 
regexes in general.

Happy regexing

Stephan


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