Ruby Regexp why this expression does not match?

Newsgroups	comp.lang.ruby
Date	2016-12-02 20:51 -0800
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Subject	Ruby Regexp why this expression does not match?
From	vunangluc@gmail.com

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I want to use this regex to match any block comment (c-style) in a string. 
But why the below does not?


rblockcmt = Regexp.new "/\\*[.\s]*?\\*/"  # match block comment
p rblockcmt=~"/* 22/Nov - add fee update */"

==> nil

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Ruby Regexp why this expression does not match? vunangluc@gmail.com - 2016-12-02 20:51 -0800
  Re: Ruby Regexp why this expression does not match? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2016-12-03 09:13 +0100
    Re: Ruby Regexp why this expression does not match? vunangluc@gmail.com - 2016-12-03 00:28 -0800
      Re: Ruby Regexp why this expression does not match? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2016-12-03 11:27 +0100

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