From: Thomas Adam <thomas_adam16@...>
Date: 2004-04-26T20:32:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Variable matching

 --- Rove Monteux <rove.monteux@fluid-rock.com> wrote: > Hi,
> 
> Quite new to regex myself, Im trying to match a chunk of the text with 
> the following,
> 
> chunk = content.scan(/<!--Start Main Content Table -->(.*)<!--fr: End 
> Main Content Table -->/m)
> 
> That works alright, and its contents returned to the chunk string. Now 
> Im trying to do that way,
> 
> $start = "<!--Start Main Content Table -->"
> $end = "<!--fr: End Main Content Table -->"
> 
> chunk = content.scan(/$start(.*)$end/m)

I haven't tested this, but you are not interpolating the variables
correctly:

chunk = content.scan(/#{$start}(.*)#{$end}/)

Also, unlike Perl, the $ symbol does not denote type, but scope. Do you
really mean for start and end to be globally defined (which is what the $
is implying?).

Hope That Helps,

-- Thomas Adam

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