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instance method
MatchData#begin
mtch.begin(n) → integer
re.c
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static VALUE
match_begin(VALUE match, VALUE n)
{
int i = match_backref_number(match, n);
struct re_registers *regs = RMATCH_REGS(match);
match_check(match);
if (i < 0 || regs->num_regs <= i)
rb_raise(rb_eIndexError, "index %d out of matches", i);
if (BEG(i) < 0)
return Qnil;
update_char_offset(match);
return INT2FIX(RMATCH(match)->rmatch->char_offset[i].beg);
}
Returns the offset of the start of the nth element of the match array in the string. n can be a string or symbol to reference a named capture.
Example
m = /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.") m.begin(0) #=> 1 m.begin(2) #=> 2 m = /(?<foo>.)(.)(?<bar>.)/.match("hoge") p m.begin(:foo) #=> 0 p m.begin(:bar) #=> 2