You can also use interpolation to do it shorter:
myvar = ....
puts $ie.div(:text, /#{myvar}/)
In either case, any regex reserved character will either have to be stripped
or escaped to avoid out right errors like with the ( or weird matches.
Some of those characters are: ( ) [ ] * . - ^ $
There are more and depending on where they occur in your search string they
may cause more or less or no damage.
-andy
>
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Moochie <[email protected]>wrote:
>
> I got it.
>
> if message.index("*") != nil
> myvar = message[0,message.index("*")].to_s
> regxmyvar = Regexp.new myvar
> puts $ie.div(:text,regxmyvar)
> end
>
> It failed if If my string end with '(' so I'm guessing special
> characters have to be substituted.
>
>
>
>
> On Jan 21, 11:37 am, Moochie <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I have a message that appears with a different number at the end,
> >
> > (*) wild cards - where the number would be
> > Message = You have successfully saved the new screening data. (ID =
> > ***)
> >
> > #Check to see if * (wild card exist)
> > if message.index("*") != nil
> > #Formats string to ignore wild card text and anything after
> > that.
> > message = message[0,message.index("*")]
> > #Try to find the message using formated - Fails here
> > puts $ie.div(:text,eval("/"+message+"/"))
> > end
> >
>
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