What branch of (|) RE is match?

Ruby
1

I have a fragment like this:

variant= [ /[abc]/, /[123]/, /[xyz]/ ];
re= /aaa\s(#{variant.join(’|’)})\sbbb/;
mch= re.match($stdin.read);

(Remove the semicolons if you hate them.)

Now, I need to know what branch of variant is match, /[abc]/ or /[123]/
or /[xyz]/
How can I reveal it?

variant can be iterated with mch[1] :

vm= variant.find { |v| v.match(mch[1]); }

But it is superfluous work, isn’t it?

2

If you put each of the variants into seperate groups, you can check nil
on
groups and will know exactly which matched.

a = “hello world”
b = /(ell)|(goo)/
c = b.match a
c.to_a # first element is match, second the match on the group (ell),
third
the match on (goo)

should be what you’re after.

j.

On 11/26/05, S.Z. [email protected] wrote:

or /[xyz]/
How can I reveal it?

variant can be iterated with mch[1] :

vm= variant.find { |v| v.match(mch[1]); }

But it is superfluous work, isn’t it?

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Jeff W.