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instance method

MatchData#length

mtch.length → integer

static VALUE
match_size(VALUE match)
{
    match_check(match);
    return INT2FIX(RMATCH_REGS(match)->num_regs);
}

Alias of #size

Returns the number of elements in the match array.

Example

m = /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")
m.length   #=> 5
m.size     #=> 5

See also #size #inspect #match #hash also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0