From: Zach Dennis <zdennis@...>
Date: 2004-02-09T13:33:18+09:00
Subject: Re: two questions

>First: how can i use a variable name within a regex?

Use the #{var} syntax.

myvar = "a noun"
mysentence = "This is a noun"

puts "true" if ( mysentence =~ /#{myvar}/ ) #returns true

HTH,

Zach

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