Learn about one final category of Ruby's Perl-style special variables, and some guidelines for using them.
Tag: regex

Episode #424: Rake Regex Rule
In this episode we'll learn to use advanced Rake rules to define and track arbitrarily complex file dependencies.

Episode #406: Last Match
In this episode, we get lazy and lean on the information that Ruby captures about regex matches.

Episode #274: Backreference
Today's episode is about creating self-referential regular expressions.

Episode #260: Regex Capture Groups with Nell Shamrell
Guest chef Nell Shamrell shares an intro to working with regex capture groups in this episode.

Episode #241: Match
In this episode, we look into how to get the most out of the Regexp#match method.

Episode #228: Reconsidering Regexen
Regular expressions are one of the most powerful tools at our disposal. But sometimes they aren't as well suited to a job as they may first appear. In today's episode …

Episode #215: Grep
Today we look at Ruby's grep method, and explore the idea of matching objects by example.