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3657 :: how does '=~' regexp template work?

• luntik2012 (orginal) [2018-03-16T11:16:15+01:00] view original

  Why 'find' works and '=~' doesn't work here?

  import re
  
  let line = "garbage: 2018/01/01"
  
  if line.find(re"\d{4}\/\d{2}\/\d{2}") > -1:
    echo "find ", line
  if line =~ re"\d{4}\/\d{2}\/\d{2}":
    echo "template ", line
  
  Run

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• StasB (orginal) [2018-03-16T11:19:49+01:00] view original

  find looks for the pattern all over the string, while =~ expects the entire string to match the pattern.

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• luntik2012 (orginal) [2018-03-16T11:29:56+01:00] view original

  Thank you, worked)

  if line =~ re".*\d{4}\/\d{2}\/\d{2}":
  Run

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