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instance method
Regexp#===
(untyped other) -> bool
self === other → true or false
re.c
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static VALUE
rb_reg_eqq(VALUE re, VALUE str)
{
rb_len_t start;
str = reg_operand(str, FALSE);
if (NIL_P(str)) {
rb_backref_set(Qnil);
return Qfalse;
}
start = rb_reg_search(re, str, 0, 0);
return RBOOL(start >= 0);
}
Returns whether self finds a match in other:
Example
/^[a-z]*$/ === 'HELLO' # => false /^[A-Z]*$/ === 'HELLO' # => true
This method is called in case statements:
Example
s = 'HELLO' case s when /\A[a-z]*\z/; print "Lower case\n" when /\A[A-Z]*\z/; print "Upper case\n" else print "Mixed case\n" end # => "Upper case"