The first form returns the MatchData
object generated by the last successful pattern match. Equivalent to reading the special global variable $~
(see Special global variables in Regexp
for details).
The second form returns the nth field in this MatchData
object. n can be a string or symbol to reference a named capture.
Note that the last_match
is local to the thread and method scope of the method that did the pattern match.
/c(.)t/ =~ 'cat' #=> 0 Regexp.last_match #=> #<MatchData "cat" 1:"a"> Regexp.last_match(0) #=> "cat" Regexp.last_match(1) #=> "a" Regexp.last_match(2) #=> nil /(?<lhs>\w+)\s*=\s*(?<rhs>\w+)/ =~ "var = val" Regexp.last_match #=> #<MatchData "var = val" lhs:"var" rhs:"val"> Regexp.last_match(:lhs) #=> "var" Regexp.last_match(:rhs) #=> "val"
Returns true for IPv4-mapped IPv6 address (::ffff:0:0/80). It returns false otherwise.
Returns the size of the most recent match (see matched
), or nil
if there was no recent match.
s = StringScanner.new('test string') s.check /\w+/ # -> "test" s.matched_size # -> 4 s.check /\d+/ # -> nil s.matched_size # -> nil
Return the pre-match
(in the regular expression sense) of the last scan.s = StringScanner.new('test string') s.scan(/\w+/) # -> "test" s.scan(/\s+/) # -> " " s.pre_match # -> "test" s.post_match # -> "string"
Return the post-match
(in the regular expression sense) of the last scan.s = StringScanner.new('test string') s.scan(/\w+/) # -> "test" s.scan(/\s+/) # -> " " s.pre_match # -> "test" s.post_match # -> "string"
Returns major version.
tobj = WIN32OLE_TYPE.new('Microsoft Word 10.0 Object Library', 'Documents') puts tobj.major_version # => 8
Returns the type library major version.
tlib = WIN32OLE_TYPELIB.new('Microsoft Excel 9.0 Object Library') puts tlib.major_version # -> 1
Serialization support for the object returned by _getobj_.
Reinitializes delegation from a serialized object.
Creates a new compiler for ERB
. See ERB::Compiler.new for details
Returns true if the ipaddr is an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address.
Returns a new ipaddr built by converting the native IPv4 address into an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address.
Set
date-time format.
datetime_format
A string suitable for passing to strftime
.
Returns the date format being used. See datetime_format=
Creates an OptionParser::Switch
from the parameters. The parsed argument value is passed to the given block, where it can be processed.
See at the beginning of OptionParser
for some full examples.
opts
can include the following elements:
One of the following:
:NONE, :REQUIRED, :OPTIONAL
Acceptable option argument format, must be pre-defined with OptionParser.accept
or OptionParser#accept
, or Regexp
. This can appear once or assigned as String if not present, otherwise causes an ArgumentError
. Examples:
Float, Time, Array
Hash
or Array.
[:text, :binary, :auto] %w[iso-2022-jp shift_jis euc-jp utf8 binary] { "jis" => "iso-2022-jp", "sjis" => "shift_jis" }
Specifies a long style switch which takes a mandatory, optional or no argument. It’s a string of the following form:
"--switch=MANDATORY" or "--switch MANDATORY" "--switch[=OPTIONAL]" "--switch"
Specifies short style switch which takes a mandatory, optional or no argument. It’s a string of the following form:
"-xMANDATORY" "-x[OPTIONAL]" "-x"
There is also a special form which matches character range (not full set of regular expression):
"-[a-z]MANDATORY" "-[a-z][OPTIONAL]" "-[a-z]"
Instead of specifying mandatory or optional arguments directly in the switch parameter, this separate parameter can be used.
"=MANDATORY" "=[OPTIONAL]"
Description string for the option.
"Run verbosely"
Handler for the parsed argument value. Either give a block or pass a Proc
or Method
as an argument.
Returns the portion of the original string before the current match. Equivalent to the special variable $`
.
m = /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.") m.pre_match #=> "T"
Returns the portion of the original string after the current match. Equivalent to the special variable $'
.
m = /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138: The Movie") m.post_match #=> ": The Movie"
This is similar to PrettyPrint::format
but the result has no breaks.
maxwidth
, newline
and genspace
are ignored.
The invocation of breakable
in the block doesn’t break a line and is treated as just an invocation of text
.
Convenience method for Shell::CommandProcessor.alias_command
. Defines an instance method which will execute a command under an alternative name.
Shell.def_system_command('date') Shell.alias_command('date_in_utc', 'date', '-u') Shell.new.date_in_utc # => Sat Jan 25 16:59:57 UTC 2014
Convenience method for Shell::CommandProcessor.unalias_command