String#slice

(::int start, ?::int length) -> ::String?

(::range[::int?] range) -> ::String?

(::Regexp regexp, ?::MatchData::capture backref) -> ::String?

(::String substring) -> ::String?

slice(*args)

static VALUE
rb_str_aref_m(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE str)
{
    if (argc == 2) {
        if (RB_TYPE_P(argv[0], T_REGEXP)) {
            return rb_str_subpat(str, argv[0], argv[1]);
        }
        else {
            return rb_str_substr_two_fixnums(str, argv[0], argv[1], TRUE);
        }
    }
    rb_check_arity(argc, 1, 2);
    return rb_str_aref(str, argv[0]);
}

Alias of #[]

Returns the substring of self specified by the arguments. See examples at String Slices.

Ruby version changes

3.0
- The following methods now return or yield String instances instead of subclass instances when called on subclass instances: [Bug #10845]

See also #[] #slice! #size #shellsplit also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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