I want to do something along the lines of: a = "focus" ismatch(r"$(a)\s*:\s*true", "# focus: true") But this doesnt work // probably similar to issue #1797 What is the correct way to do this? eval( parse( "ismatch(r\"$(a)\\s*:\\s*true\", \"# focus: true\")" ) ) feels super dirty

Regex w/ String Interpolation

pfitzseb May 5, 2017, 9:13pm 2

a = "focus"
r = Regex("$(a)\\s*:\\s*true")
ismatch(r, "# focus: true")

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