Gsub, help please

josh · April 26, 2007, 8:04pm

ok, been going on this for an hour now, and can not find a solution

I want to find all content between tags in a string and replace the content of these with new formatted content. Any suggestions why the following code is not working?

self.content = self.content.gsub(/(.*?)</code>/, ‘new content’)

Cheers
Josh

josh · April 26, 2007, 8:51pm

On Apr 26, 2007, at 20:04 , josh wrote:

I want to find all content between tags in a string and replace the content of these with new formatted content. Any suggestions why the following code is not working?
self.content = self.content.gsub(/(.*?)</code>/, ‘new content’)


Nope, because it is working:
irb(main):026:0> “This is stuff”.gsub(/(.*?)</

code>/, ‘new content’)

=> “This is new content”

You need to provide more details and code if you’re experiencing

something different.
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Jakob S. - http://mentalized.net

josh · April 26, 2007, 9:15pm

Hi,

Last comment got me thinking and after testing of the code, and have
found that it breaks if there is a new line ‘\n’ within the . Does anyone know how to get the (.*?) to accept new lines ( \n )


thanks

josh
Jakob S. wrote:

On Apr 26, 2007, at 20:04 , josh wrote:

I want to find all content between  tags in a string and replace

the content of these with new formatted content. Any suggestions

why the

following code is not working?

self.content = self.content.gsub(/(.*?)</code>/, ‘new content’)




Nope, because it is working:
irb(main):026:0> “This is stuff”.gsub(/(.*?)</

code>/, ‘new content’)

=> “This is new content”

You need to provide more details and code if you’re experiencing

something different.
–

Jakob S. - http://mentalized.net

josh · April 26, 2007, 9:27pm

Hi,

found that it breaks if there is a new line ‘\n’ within the . Does anyone know how to get the (.*?) to accept new lines ( \n )


you can set a multiline regexp pattern by adding m after the pattern,

like in /.*/m
regards,
javier ramirez

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josh · April 26, 2007, 9:36pm

Thanks

javier ramirez wrote:

Hi,

found that it breaks if there is a new line ‘\n’ within the . Does anyone know how to get the (.*?) to accept new lines ( \n )

you can set a multiline regexp pattern by adding m after the pattern, like in /.*/m regards, javier ramirez – Estamos de estreno… si necesitas llevar el control de tus gastos visita http://www.gastosgem.com !!Es gratis!!