From: Rove Monteux <rove.monteux@...>
Date: 2004-04-26T20:37:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Variable matching

Thats correct ! Im forgetting to interpolate the variable.

Thanks million, yes the variables are read from a xml file and used in 
more than one procedure, so yes its global.


Thanks again !


Rove


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Rove Monteux
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Thomas Adam wrote:

> --- 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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