The status of the regular expression match. The value of the variable
$~ is the instance of this class.
Object
size
length
Returns the number of the subpatterns (i.e. $~.to_a.size).
offset(n)
Returns the offsets ([start, end]) of the nth subpattern. 0 means the whole match.
begin(n)
Returns the starting offset of the nth match. 0 means the whole match.
end(n)
Returns the end offset of the nth match. 0 means the whole match.
to_a
Returns the array of the subpatterns, which is [$&, $1, $2,...].
self[n]
Returns the nth subpattern.
pre_match
Returns the string preceding the match (i.e. $`).
post_match
Returns the string following the match (i.e. $').
string
Returns the string where the match was performed.