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instance method

MatchData#captures

() -> ::Array[::String?]
captures → array

Returns the array of captures, which are all matches except m[0]:

Example
m = /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")
# => #<MatchData "HX1138" 1:"H" 2:"X" 3:"113" 4:"8">
m[0]       # => "HX1138"
m.captures # => ["H", "X", "113", "8"]

Related: MatchData.to_a.