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01/07/2016

07:59 AM Ruby Bug #4044: Regex matching errors when using \W character class and /i option

Hmmm... When I try it with any other combination it never matches. Its only when I add the /i then it doesn't matter which case of "f"
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"ffffFFFF".scan(/[\W]/) # []
"ffffFFFF".scan(/[\W]/i) # ["ff", "ff", "FF", "FF"]
"ff... same (Sam Eaton)

01/06/2016

11:26 PM Ruby Bug #4044: Regex matching errors when using \W character class and /i option

I am experiencing this issue with Ruby 2.3.0 on both OS X 10.10.5 and Ubuntu 14.04.3. When i have a double "f" i get a regex match with the non-word symbol and case insensitivity.
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/[\W]/ =~ "00FF00" # nil
/[\W]/i =~ "00FF00... same (Sam Eaton)