From 71c4c0b9e73b1df474736efad3b4a41ff51e009d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zzak <zzak@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>
Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 01:36:05 +0000
Subject: * doc/regexp.rdoc: [DOC] Clarify whitespace matching by @allolex  
 [Fixes GH-606] https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/606 [ci skip]

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@46096 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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 doc/regexp.rdoc | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'doc/regexp.rdoc')

diff --git a/doc/regexp.rdoc b/doc/regexp.rdoc
index 29435a96d7..810f15ce1a 100644
--- a/doc/regexp.rdoc
+++ b/doc/regexp.rdoc
@@ -558,8 +558,11 @@ A contrived pattern to match a number with optional decimal places:
     \Z/x
     float_pat.match('3.14') #=> #<MatchData "3.14" 1:".14">
 
-*Note*: To match whitespace in an <tt>x</tt> pattern use an escape such as
-<tt>\s</tt> or <tt>\p{Space}</tt>.
+There are a number of strategies for matching whitespace:
+
+* Use a pattern such as <tt>\s</tt> or <tt>\p{Space}</tt>.
+* Use escaped whitespace such as <tt>\ </tt>, i.e. a space preceded by a backslash.
+* Use a character class such as <tt>[ ]</tt>.
 
 Comments can be included in a non-<tt>x</tt> pattern with the
 <tt>(?#</tt><i>comment</i><tt>)</tt> construct, where <i>comment</i> is
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