Re: How to include a string into a regex comparison?

Le 31 juillet à 11:25, Iñaki Baz Castillo a écrit :

> Hi, I don't get solving the following issue (sure it's easy but I cannot do 
> it):

> How to fix it? Thanks a lot.

> valid_content_type      = "application/auth-policy+xml"

When you insert a string inside a regexp, it's evaluated as is by the
regexp engine.  You need to escape the special characters (here, the +),
by prepending backslashes or asking the Regexp class to do it for you :

>> received_content_type =~ /^#{Regexp::escape(received_content_type)};?/
=> 0

Or :

>> valid_content_type      = Regexp::escape("application/auth-policy+xml")
=> "application/auth\\-policy\\+xml"
>> received_content_type =~ /^#{received_content_type};?/
=> 0

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