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instance method

MatchData#to_s

mtch.to_s → str

static VALUE
match_to_s(VALUE match)
{
    VALUE str = rb_reg_last_match(match);

    match_check(match);
    if (NIL_P(str)) str = rb_str_new(0,0);
    return str;
}

Returns the entire matched string.

Example

m = /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")
m.to_s   #=> "HX1138"

See also #to_a #values_at #string also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0

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