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instance method

Regexp#==

(untyped other) -> bool
self == other → true or false

Alias of #eql?

Returns whether other is another Regexp whose pattern, flags, and encoding are the same as self:

Example
/foo/ == Regexp.new('foo')                          # => true
/foo/ == /foo/i                                     # => false
/foo/ == Regexp.new('food')                         # => false
/foo/ == Regexp.new("abc".force_encoding("euc-jp")) # => false
See also #eql? .union #=== .try_convert also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0