On 4/3/07, Fletch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for your replies, > The date guide was really good, but as it is only a String comparison, I did > not want to over complicate the code. > I have also tried the other two suggestions, and have still not been able to > get the match to work. > I think that I might have to use an escape. I have tried the CGI.escape which > works quite well, and picks up the / character by converting it to a %2F, but > to use this method is overkill really as it is designed for all HTML > characters, so I am thinking that I just need a simple line of code to > replace all instances of / with %2F >
Now that's crazy talk. :) Seriously, look at this code: ################################ arr_date = "xxx01/01/07xxxx" if arr_date =~ /01\/01\/07/ puts "got a regex match" end _______________________________________________ Wtr-general mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
