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Re: Match a pattern multiple times, returning matches, captures and offset?

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7stud -- wrote in post #991546:
> However, note that
> begin() and end() are the two elements of offset(), which we've already
> discussed above.  The idea was to additionally provide the relative
> offsets within a match, not just the absolute offsets within the string.

That's easy - subtract begin(0) which is the absolute offset of the 
start of the match.

>> "foo bar" =~ /ba(.)/
=> 4
>> $~.captures
=> ["r"]
>> $~.begin(1)
=> 6
>> $~.begin(1) - $~.begin(0)
=> 2

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Match a pattern multiple times, returning matches, captures and offset? Markus Fischer <markus@fischer.name> - 2011-04-05 12:22 -0500
  Re: Match a pattern multiple times, returning matches, captures and offset? Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> - 2011-04-05 13:07 -0500
  Re: Match a pattern multiple times, returning matches, captures and offset? 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-05 20:37 -0500
    Re: Match a pattern multiple times, returning matches, captures and offset? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-04-06 04:42 -0500
  Re: Match a pattern multiple times, returning matches, captures and offset? 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-06 18:58 -0500
    Re: Match a pattern multiple times, returning matches, captures and offset? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-04-07 02:13 -0500
    Re: Match a pattern multiple times, returning matches, captures and offset? Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> - 2011-04-07 03:39 -0500
      Re: Match a pattern multiple times, returning matches, captures and offset? 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-07 14:04 -0500
        Re: Match a pattern multiple times, returning matches, captures and offset? Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> - 2011-04-08 02:19 -0500
          Re: Match a pattern multiple times, returning matches, captures and offset? 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-08 14:53 -0500

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