StringScanner#named_captures

scanner.named_captures → hash

static VALUE
strscan_named_captures(VALUE self)
{
    struct strscanner *p;
    GET_SCANNER(self, p);
    named_captures_data data;
    data.self = self;
    data.captures = rb_hash_new();
    if (!RB_NIL_P(p->regex)) {
        onig_foreach_name(RREGEXP_PTR(p->regex), named_captures_iter, &data);
    }

    return data.captures;
}

Returns a hash of string variables matching the regular expression.

Example

scan = StringScanner.new('foobarbaz')
scan.match?(/(?<f>foo)(?<r>bar)(?<z>baz)/)
scan.named_captures # -> {"f"=>"foo", "r"=>"bar", "z"=>"baz"}

See also #matched_size #peek #matched? #peep also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.2

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