Re: Why, oh, why, little regexp?

On 10/31/07, Brian Adkins <lojicdotcom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Oct 30, 11:58 pm, Phrogz <phr...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On Oct 30, 9:30 pm, Daniel Waite <rabbitb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

That's clever use of ?a, which I recognize but have never seen anyone
use before. Thanks for the example!

My current favorite use for the ?x syntax is converting single-
character strings representing digits into their integer form:

Yeah, so you can squeeze Ruby code into small places :)

1.upto(?d){|i|i%3<1&&x=:Fizz;puts i%5<1?"#{x}Buzz":x||i}

Except under the upcoming revision (1.9) of the (Ruby) Rules of Golf,
the R(uby)&A(ncient) has outlawed that usage, and instituted the
penalty that ?d will no longer be 100, but "d".

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Rick DeNatale

My blog on Ruby
http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/

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