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Ruby RegEx not matching valid expression

开发者 https://www.devze.com 2022-12-29 08:08 出处:网络
I have the following expression: ^\\w(\\s(+|-|/|*)\\s\\w)*$ This simply looks to match a mathematical expression, where a user is prompted for terms separated by basic operators (ex: price + tax)

I have the following expression:

^\w(\s(+|-|/|*)\s\w)*$

This simply looks to match a mathematical expression, where a user is prompted for terms separated by basic operators (ex: price + tax)

The user may enter more than just 2 terms and one operator (ex: price + tax + moretax)

I tested this expression in Rubular http://rubular.com/

With the terms:

a + a (MATCH)

a + a + a (MATCH)

a + a +

a +

a a

a + a a

Everything works, but when I use it in Ruby it does not work!

expressio开发者_开发技巧n =~ /^\w(\s(+|-|/|*)\s\w)*$/

I started picking the expression apart and noticed that if I remove the start of line caret it finds matches but isn't correct.

a + a (MATCH)

a a (MATCH) <-- this is not correct

Why is this expression not working in Ruby code? (I am using Ruby 1.8.7 p174)


This should work: /^(\w+)(?:\s*(\+|\-|\*|\/)\s*(\w+))*$/ I added some captures for backreferencing


You might try:

/^\w(\s(\+|-|\/|\*)\s\w)*$/


This works for me in irb:

expression =~ /^\w(\s(\+|-|\/|\*)\s\w)*$/

I tested it with your terms:

irb(main):019:0> expressions = ["a + a", "a + a + a", "a + a +", 
                 "a +", "a a", "a + a a"]
=> ["a + a", "a + a + a", "a + a +", "a +", "a a", "a + a a"]
irb(main):023:0> expressions.each { |expression|
irb(main):024:1* puts expression =~ /^\w(\s(\+|-|\/|\*)\s\w)*$/
irb(main):025:1> }
0
0
nil
nil
nil
nil


I should be using \w+ as I can recieved terms of more than one character...

^\w+(\s(+|-|/|)\s\w+)$

Thanks for the responses everyone.

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