Newbie question on regexp in a class method

[Rick Tan]

trying regexp in ruby for the first time. the results from the
following code confuses me.

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#!/usr/bin/ruby
require 'B'

def Localmatch(t,s)
myS = Regexp.new(s)
if t =~ myS
puts "'#{s}' matches '#{t}'"
else
puts "'#{s}' does not match '#{t}'"
end
end

myB = B.new

puts "Using a class method to match"
myB.Matchme("The Lord of the Ring", "Ring")
myB.Matchme("No more than one", "King")
puts "Let's try local def"
Localmatch("The Lord of the Ring", "Ring")
Localmatch("No more than one", "King")

class B

def initialize
end

def Matchme(t,stringToMatch)
mystr = Regexp.new(stringToMatch)
if title =! mystr
puts "'#{stringToMatch}' matches '#{t}'"
return true
else
puts "'#{stringToMatch}' does not match '#{t}'"
return false
end
end
end

 

[Sebastian Hungerecker]

if title =! mystr

=! != =~
The above might look like line noise but should tell you everything you need
to know ;-)

HTH,
Sebastian