It's a bit confusing, considering that $ sometimes means "global".
I tend to use match objects myself, but that's my conservative nature for you. Andrew On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Korny Sietsma <[email protected]> wrote: > Seriously? I never realised that. That makes things somewhat better, though > rather hacky imho. > > - Korny > > On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Nicholas Jefferson > <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> - Perl-like global operators - especially when it comes to regexps, I >>> seem to keep coming back to $1 and the like. I'd like to think there's >>> a better way to do this, and maybe it just needs more practise on my >>> part, using matcher objects or alternative syntaxes. >> >> $~, $&, $1, etc. are local: >> >> def bar >> p [:bar, $~, $&, $1] >> "bar" =~ /(bar)/ >> p [:bar, $~, $&, $1] >> end >> >> p [:foo, $~, $&, $1] >> "foo" =~ /(foo)/ >> p [:foo, $~, $&, $1] >> bar >> p [:foo, $~, $&, $1] >> >> Thanks, >> >> Nicholas >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Kornelis Sietsma korny at my surname dot com > kornys on twitter/fb/gtalk/gwave www.sietsma.com/korny > "Every jumbled pile of person has a thinking part > that wonders what the part that isn't thinking > isn't thinking of" > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
