On Sep 18, 1:26 pm, Peter Bailey <pbai... / bna.com> wrote:
> > If this still won't work on your file, could the file
> > be contaminated with some non-displaying characters
> > that appear to be whitespace but aren't?
> > Perhaps this would be worth a try:
> > /<issueList>[^<>]*<issue\W+code="[A-Z]{3}">(.*?)<\/issue>/m
>
> Still no go, William. I tried your last phrase there, too.

You've got to track down what's going on.
Copy and paste the code below into a file.
(Don't even think about typing it in.)
Run the file.  Is this the output?

"\nI'm Issue XIV,\nwho are you?\n"
"\nI'm Issue XX, are you?\n"
"Trade (Domestic &amp; Foreign)"

If it is, open both the Ruby file and the xml
file with the same editor; copy the first desired
entry from the xml file and paste it at the bottom
of the big string in the Ruby file.  Even though
it looks like an exact duplicate of what's already
in the string, maybe it differs somehow.
The output should now be:

"\nI'm Issue XIV,\nwho are you?\n"
"\nI'm Issue XX, are you?\n"
"Trade (Domestic &amp; Foreign)"
"Trade (Domestic &amp; Foreign)"

If it isn't, edit the entry that you just pasted
into the big Ruby string; delete spaces and
line-endings and replace them with new spaces and
line-endings.  (Perhaps the the xml file has some
bizarre invisible characters.)

%q{
<issueList>
   <issue code = "BCD"  >
I'm Issue XIV,
who are you?
</issue>

<issueList><issue code="XYZ">
I'm Issue XX, are you?
</issue>

<issueList>
<issue code="TRD">Trade (Domestic &amp; Foreign)</issue>
</issueList>


}.scan(
  # Using extended-mode regular expression for clarity.
  # Whitespace and comments are ignored.
  %r{
    <issuelist>
    \s*
    <issue[ \t]+code[ \t]*=[ \t]*"[^"]*"[ \t]*>
    (.*?)
    </issue>
  }xmi
){   p $1  }