From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2004-09-24T04:44:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Matchdata#end one character after match?


"trans. (T. Onoma)" <transami@runbox.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:200409231333.49887.transami@runbox.com...
>I know this is probably just the way it works, but I was a bit antiPOLSed.
>
> irb(main):016:0> md = /X/.match("yzXrb")
> => #<MatchData:0x402fbe8c>
> irb(main):018:0> p md.begin(0)
> 2
> => nil
> irb(main):017:0> p md.end(0)
> 3
> => nil
>
> 3 and not 2?

Yes, and it's reasonable: all sorts of computations are a lot easier with 
this convention. For example:
length = m.end(0) - m.begin(0)
empty = m.begin(0) == m.end(0)
etc.

All libs that deal with sub sequences reasonable do it this way.  *I* would 
have been surprised if it was otherwise.

Regards

    robert