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instance method

Regexp#source

rxp.source → str

static VALUE
rb_reg_source(VALUE re)
{
    VALUE str;

    rb_reg_check(re);
    str = rb_str_dup(RREGEXP_SRC(re));
    return str;
}

Returns the original string of the pattern.

Example

/ab+c/ix.source #=> "ab+c"

Note that escape sequences are retained as is.

Example

/\x20\+/.source  #=> "\\x20\\+"

See also #options #to_json #names #to_s also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0