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matttrakker
matttrakker

Reputation: 204

Regex did not match, but why?

I have to following regex:

(\/\*\*)([\s[:graph:]]*@brief[\s[:graph:]]*\r)( \*\/)

and I'm trying to check for the following:

/**
    @brief TestViewController

    <##full description#>

    @see UIViewController
    @ingroup <##group/module#>

    @date 2012-10-29
 */
@interface LaunchViewController : UIViewController {

which is in code variable.

It will not match, checking this way:

if @code =~ /(/*\*)([\s[:graph:]]*@brief[\s[:graph:]]*\r)( \*\)/
    puts "found----------" 
end

and I also tried it that way:

r = Regexp.new(Regexp.quote('/') + Regexp.quote('**') + '[\s[:graph:]]*@brief[\s[:graph:]]*\r ' + Regexp.quote('*/'))

Can anyone help me please fixing this?

In this case I'm not interested in groups so please do not wonder about the one having groups and the other one with none.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 100

Answers (1)

Chowlett
Chowlett

Reputation: 46667

Ruby doesn't usually include \r in linebreaks. If you change the regexp to:

/(\/\*\*)([\s[:graph:]]*@brief[\s[:graph:]]*)( \*\/)/

I get a match.

Upvotes: 2

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