Symbol#=~

(::Regexp regex) -> ::Integer?

[T] (::String::_MatchAgainst[::String, T] object) -> T

symbol =~ object → integer or nil

static VALUE
sym_match(VALUE sym, VALUE other)
{
    return rb_str_match(rb_sym2str(sym), other);
}

Equivalent to symbol.to_s =~ object, including possible updates to global variables; see String#=~.

See also #=== #[] #== #as_json also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0