Alex Young
5/17/2007 12:51:00 PM
Charlie S wrote:
> I need to match a block of text as follows
>
> Discard all lines which begin with //
> Capture all lines in between as single strings
>
> So
>
> // section 1
> bit
>
> bit more
>
> // section 2
>
>
> more stuff
>
> // section 3
>
>
> and yet more
>
> Should yeild 3 strings:
> [ bit\n\nbit more\n\n]
> [\n\n\n more stuff\n\n]
> [\n\n\nand yet more\n]
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> I've tried:
>
> builds = s.scan(%r[\n//[^\n]*\n([^\n]*\n)+?]m)
>
> but this yields
> [ bit]
> [\n]
> [\n]
>
> how can I make the group capture more than a line?
>
s.split(%r{//.*})
=> ["", "\n bit\n\nbit more\n\n", "\n\n\n more stuff\n\n", "\n\n\nand
yet more\n\n"]
Close enough?
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Alex