From: "James F. Hranicky" <jfh@...>
Date: 2001-11-18T04:50:43+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:25725] String#match


Anyone up for String#match?

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foo = "foo bar baz"

class << foo

	def match(re)

		if (md = re.match(self))
			a = md.to_a
			a.shift
			return a.empty? ? 1 : a
		else
			return nil
		end
	end
end

arr = foo.match(/(bar).*(baz)/)
p arr if arr
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Seems like a good complement to String#gsub . 

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