Ruby | Regexp match() function

Regexp#match() : force_encoding?() is a Regexp class method which matches the regular expression with the string and specifies the position in the string to begin the search.

Syntax: Regexp.match()

Parameter: Regexp values

Return: regular expression with the string after matching it.

Example #1 :




# Ruby code for Regexp.match() method
  
# declaring Regexp value
reg_a = /a/
  
# declaring Regexp value
reg_b = /Beginner/
  
# declaring Regexp value
reg_c = /a/
  
  
#  match method
puts "Regexp match form : #{reg_a.match("abcd")}\n\n"
  
puts "Regexp match form : #{reg_b.match("w3wiki")}\n\n"
  
puts "Regexp match form : #{reg_c.match("playway")}\n\n"


Output :

Regexp match form : a

Regexp match form : Beginner

Regexp match form : a

Example #2 :




# Ruby code for Regexp.match() method
  
# declaring Regexp value
reg_a = /Beginner/
  
# declaring Regexp value
reg_b = /problem/
  
# declaring Regexp value
reg_c = /code/
  
  
#  match method
puts "Regexp match form : #{reg_a.match("w3wiki")}\n\n"
  
puts "Regexp match form : #{reg_b.match("w3wiki")}\n\n"
  
puts "Regexp match form : #{reg_c.match("codeer")}\n\n"


Output :

Regexp match form : Beginner

Regexp match form : 

Regexp match form : code



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