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instance method

Symbol#match

(::Regexp | ::string pattern, ?::int offset) -> ::MatchData?
[T] (::Regexp | ::string pattern, ?::int offset) { (::MatchData matchdata) -> T } -> T?
match(pattern, offset = 0) → matchdata or nil
match(pattern, offset = 0) {|matchdata| } → object

Equivalent to self.to_s.match, including possible updates to global variables; see String#match.

See also #match? #length #intern #name also in 4.1 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0