instance method

MatchData#to_a

() -> ::Array[::String?]

to_a → array

static VALUE
match_to_a(VALUE match)
{
    return match_array(match, 0);
}

Returns the array of matches:

Example

m = /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")
# => #<MatchData "HX1138" 1:"H" 2:"X" 3:"113" 4:"8">
m.to_a # => ["HX1138", "H", "X", "113", "8"]

See also #string #to_s #size #values_at also in 4.1 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0