From: Dossy <dossy@...>
Date: 2002-05-19T11:01:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby regex question

On 2002.05.19, David Alan Black <dblack@candle.superlink.net> wrote:
> 
> You want a method called #match that throws away the match? :-)

For simplicity, yes.  $~[0] contains the match, if and when I ever
need it.

Out of sheer habit, if I wanted the whole match, I would want
to write:

  x, y, z = "foo bar" =~ /((foo) (bar))/
  x # => "foo bar"
  y # => "foo"
  z # => "bar"

-- Dossy

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