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instance method

MatchData#regexp

regexp → regexp

Returns the regexp that produced the match:

Example
m = /a.*b/.match("abc") # => #<MatchData "ab">
m.regexp                # => /a.*b/
See also #pre_match #size #post_match #string also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.1 · 3.0