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instance method

MatchData#length

() -> ::Integer

length

static VALUE
match_size(VALUE match)
{
    match_check(match);
    return INT2FIX(RMATCH_NREGS(match));
}

Alias of #size

Returns size of the match array:

Example

m = /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")
# => #<MatchData "HX1138" 1:"H" 2:"X" 3:"113" 4:"8">
m.size # => 5

See also #size #integer_at #match #inspect also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0