A Common Gotcha When Using Ruby Regexps For Input Validation

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A Common Gotcha When Using Ruby Regexps For Input Validation

A Common Gotcha When Using Ruby Regexps For Input Validation Posted by jerodsanto on October 19, 2012 — 0 comments Ruby's regular expressions have an idiosyncrasy around end-of-line and end-of-string anchors that can get you in trouble when doing input validation. Find out how and why to avoid it in this brief post . Comments Post a Comment Comment abilities for non registered users are currently deactivated, pending time to add a proper CAPTCHA to solve the escalating spam problem. Sorry!

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