Multibyte regexps

I am having some issues with regular expressions when working with japanese
strings.

Using ruby-1.8.3 on Windows XP home (Japanese version) I have this test:

irb(main):271:0> s = "鞄"
=> "\212\223"
irb(main):272:0> l = "行"
=> "\215s"
irb(main):273:0> l =~ /s/
=> 1
irb(main):274:0> puts "#{$`}<<#{$&}>>#{$'}"
E<s>>
=> nil
irb(main):275:0> "#{$`}<<#{$&}>>#{$'}"
=> "\215<<s>>"
irb(main):276:0> s =~ /l/
=> nil

As you can see comparing two totally different characters (kanji) gives me a
match. Reversing the match gives nil.

How can I get ruby to match things correctly??

regards,
Horacio

l =~ /s/ ??
  
  It will try to find a char "s" in string l and not the value remained in variable s.
  
Horacio Sanson <hsanson@moegi.waseda.jp> wrote:

I am having some issues with regular expressions when working with japanese
strings.

Using ruby-1.8.3 on Windows XP home (Japanese version) I have this test:

irb(main):271:0> s = "鞄"
=> "\212\223"
irb(main):272:0> l = "行"
=> "\215s"
irb(main):273:0> l =~ /s/
=> 1
irb(main):274:0> puts "#{$`}<<#{$&}>>#{$'}"

=> nil
irb(main):275:0> "#{$`}<<#{$&}>>#{$'}"
=> "\215<>"
irb(main):276:0> s =~ /l/
=> nil

As you can see comparing two totally different characters (kanji) gives me a
match. Reversing the match gives nil.

How can I get ruby to match things correctly??

regards,
Horacio

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Hi,

I am having some issues with regular expressions when working with japanese
strings.

Using ruby-1.8.3 on Windows XP home (Japanese version) I have this test:

irb(main):271:0> s = "鞄"
=> "\212\223"
irb(main):272:0> l = "行"
=> "\215s"
irb(main):273:0> l =~ /s/
=> 1
irb(main):274:0> puts "#{$`}<<#{$&}>>#{$'}"
E<s>>
=> nil
irb(main):275:0> "#{$`}<<#{$&}>>#{$'}"
=> "\215<<s>>"
irb(main):276:0> s =~ /l/
=> nil

The encoding seems to be Shift_JIS. You have to specify encoding
before you make regular expression matching. Put s after every
regular expression.

$KCODE="sjis" # to make p work right
p s = "鞄"
p l = "行"
p l =~ /s/s
puts "#{$`}<<#{$&}>>#{$'}"
p "#{$`}<<#{$&}>>#{$'}"
p s =~ /l/s

              matz.

···

In message "Re: Multibyte regexps..." on Wed, 21 Dec 2005 18:59:59 +0900, Horacio Sanson <hsanson@moegi.waseda.jp> writes:

Thanks a lot... this seems to work ok.

Where can I find documentation about this $KCODE global var and the "s" thing
after each regexp? What does the s exactly mean?

Do I have to put it only in regexps with japanese characters or any regexp? I
tried both and saw no difference.

When using Regexp.new to construct the regular expression how can I set the s
to the end of it??

sorry for so many questions but I don't seem to find any docs about these
options.

Horacio

Wednesday 21 December 2005 21:48、Yukihiro Matsumoto さんは書きました:

···

Hi,

In message "Re: Multibyte regexps..." > > on Wed, 21 Dec 2005 18:59:59 +0900, Horacio Sanson <hsanson@moegi.waseda.jp> writes:
>I am having some issues with regular expressions when working with
> japanese strings.
>
>Using ruby-1.8.3 on Windows XP home (Japanese version) I have this test:
>
>irb(main):271:0> s = "鞄"
>=> "\212\223"
>irb(main):272:0> l = "行"
>=> "\215s"
>irb(main):273:0> l =~ /s/
>=> 1
>irb(main):274:0> puts "#{$`}<<#{$&}>>#{$'}"
>E<s>>
>=> nil
>irb(main):275:0> "#{$`}<<#{$&}>>#{$'}"
>=> "\215<<s>>"
>irb(main):276:0> s =~ /l/
>=> nil

The encoding seems to be Shift_JIS. You have to specify encoding
before you make regular expression matching. Put s after every
regular expression.

$KCODE="sjis" # to make p work right
p s = "鞄"
p l = "行"
p l =~ /s/s
puts "#{$`}<<#{$&}>>#{$'}"
p "#{$`}<<#{$&}>>#{$'}"
p s =~ /l/s

              matz.

I found some documentation about this. Thanks.

Just one question, it seems to me that I can make two different things to
allow Regexp's to handle multibyte Shift_JIS strings. One is to set the
$KCODE global variable to "sjis" and the other one is to use the "s" modifier
when constructing the regular expresion.

The question is do I use only one of the two methods or shall I use the "s"
modifier even if I set $KCODE to "sjis"??

My testing tells me that only setting the $KCODE global var is enough to get
Shift_JIS strings and Regexp's to work correctly but I just want to make
sure.

thanks,
Horacio

Monday 26 December 2005 10:29、Horacio Sanson さんは書きました:

···

Thanks a lot... this seems to work ok.

Where can I find documentation about this $KCODE global var and the "s"
thing after each regexp? What does the s exactly mean?

Do I have to put it only in regexps with japanese characters or any regexp?
I tried both and saw no difference.

When using Regexp.new to construct the regular expression how can I set the
s to the end of it??

sorry for so many questions but I don't seem to find any docs about these
options.

Horacio

Wednesday 21 December 2005 21:48、Yukihiro Matsumoto さんは書きました:
> Hi,
>
> In message "Re: Multibyte regexps..." > > > > on Wed, 21 Dec 2005 18:59:59 +0900, Horacio Sanson > > <hsanson@moegi.waseda.jp> writes:
> >I am having some issues with regular expressions when working with
> > japanese strings.
> >
> >Using ruby-1.8.3 on Windows XP home (Japanese version) I have this test:
> >
> >irb(main):271:0> s = "鞄"
> >=> "\212\223"
> >irb(main):272:0> l = "行"
> >=> "\215s"
> >irb(main):273:0> l =~ /s/
> >=> 1
> >irb(main):274:0> puts "#{$`}<<#{$&}>>#{$'}"
> >E<s>>
> >=> nil
> >irb(main):275:0> "#{$`}<<#{$&}>>#{$'}"
> >=> "\215<<s>>"
> >irb(main):276:0> s =~ /l/
> >=> nil
>
> The encoding seems to be Shift_JIS. You have to specify encoding
> before you make regular expression matching. Put s after every
> regular expression.
>
> $KCODE="sjis" # to make p work right
> p s = "鞄"
> p l = "行"
> p l =~ /s/s
> puts "#{$`}<<#{$&}>>#{$'}"
> p "#{$`}<<#{$&}>>#{$'}"
> p s =~ /l/s
>
> matz.