still it returns nil. the whole text I'm searching for is 1-25/25. but of course this is dynamic. Does $& by any chance interprets and computes 1-25/25 as nil instead?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bret Pettichord Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 12:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Wtr-general] check what's the content of this certain text At 10:14 PM 9/12/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >hi I used this... > >if $ie.contains_text("/25") then puts $& end > >but it returns nil. don't know why. I'm assuming it will return /25 or >rather the whole text. You have to use a regular expression: $ie.contains_text(/\/25/); puts $& (You have to back-quote the slash.) _____________________ Bret Pettichord www.pettichord.com _______________________________________________ Wtr-general mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general _______________________________________________ Wtr-general mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
