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MatchingData
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The status of the regular expression match. The value of the variable
$~is the instance of this class. -
SuperClass:
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Methods:
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size -
length -
Returns the number of the subpatterns (i.e. $~.to_a.size).
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offset(n) -
Returns the offsets ([start, end]) of the nth subpattern. 0 means the whole match.
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begin(n) -
Returns the starting offset of the nth match. 0 means the whole match.
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end(n) -
Returns the end offset of the nth match. 0 means the whole match.
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to_a -
Returns the array of the subpatterns, which is [$&, $1, $2,...].
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self[n] -
Returns the nth subpattern.
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pre_match -
Returns the string preceding the match (i.e. $`).
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post_match -
Returns the string following the match (i.e. $').
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string -
Returns the string where the match was performed.
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