Hi Rick, > m[0] doesn't return the string being searched, it returns everything > which the entire pattern matched.
I got it! In Hal's example, the matched string just happened to be the entire string. I didn't realize that distinction, but I'm on board now. Thanks again for upteenth time for pulling my fat out of the fire. Best wishes, Richard On Feb 28, 12:32 pm, Rick DeNatale <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 12:16 PM, RichardOnRails > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > Below are two tests of using MatchData. The first is essentially Hal > > Futon's taken from The Ruby Way, 2nd. ed. [Thanks, Hal]. In > > particular, m[0] returns the string being searched. > > > The 2nd is my humble use. For mine, m[0] returns the search pattern, > > it seems, > > > I can't anything in the code to account for this difference. I'm > > expecting the first kind of response in a Rails app I'm working on, > > but I'm getting the second kind of response. > > > Any ideas? > > m[0] doesn't return the string being searched, it returns everything > which the entire pattern matched. > > In the first case /(.+[aiu])(.+[aiu])(.+[aiu])(.+[aiu])/i entirely > matches "Fujiyama" > > in the second case /noun/i only matches a portion of the string, so > that's what is the value of m[0] > > -- > Rick DeNatale > > Blog:http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ > Twitter:http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale > WWR:http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale > LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
