Looking for ruby's regexp syntax

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Hi,
I', looking everywhere and I can't find a summary of the ruby's regexp
syntax. I've googled for it and checked
http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Regexp.html without luck.

I know that they are quite similar to perl's regexp but I would like to
have a syntax reference. Do you know where can I find it?

Thank you very much,
Aureliano.

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aurelianito wrote:

Hi,
I', looking everywhere and I can't find a summary of the ruby's regexp
syntax. I've googled for it and checked
class Regexp - RDoc Documentation without luck.

I recalled the syntax being PCRE. Couldn't find anything to support
that except this page:

  Ruby Regexp Class - Regular Expressions in Ruby

Anyway, if that is the case (someone else can verify?), you can find
plenty of docs on "PCRE" via Google.

--Steve

PS. As a side note, does anyone know of a Free "RegexBuddy" clone? For
Mac? That software looks really impressive!

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aurelianito wrote:

Hi,
I', looking everywhere and I can't find a summary of the ruby's regexp
syntax. I've googled for it and checked
class Regexp - RDoc Documentation without luck.

I know that they are quite similar to perl's regexp but I would like to
have a syntax reference. Do you know where can I find it?

Ruby's regexp syntax is both described and summarized quite nicely in
the Pickaxe.