Logan Capaldo
6/20/2005 4:39:00 PM
On 6/20/05, Phrogz <gavin@refinery.com> wrote:
> Is it possible using #scan or any other method of StringScanner to get
> access to captured sub-expressions in the supplied regexp?
>
> For example, something like:
> ss = StringScanner.new( "Hello __World__" )
>
> while ...
> if md = ss.scan( /__([^_]+)__/ )
> # I would like md to be a MatchData, not a String
> # because I want access to the first capture;
> # $1 (which I dislike on principle anyway) is not
> # updated by the call to #scan
> end
> end
>
>
> If the answer is 'no'...might this be a good addition? Perhaps as a new
> method (in case returning a MatchData was much slower than a String)?
>
>
>
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