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instance method

MatchData#captures

mtch.captures → array

static VALUE
match_captures(VALUE match)
{
    return match_array(match, 1);
}

Returns the array of captures; equivalent to mtch.to_a[1..-1].

Example

f1,f2,f3,f4 = /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.").captures
f1    #=> "H"
f2    #=> "X"
f3    #=> "113"
f4    #=> "8"

See also #begin #end #[] #eql? also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1