Class: MatchData

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
documented/common/class_exts/matchdata.rb

Overview

Represents the result of a regular expression match.

This class provides methods to access the captured groups and their names.

See Also:

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#to_hash ⇒ Hash

Converts the match data to a hash with named captures as keys.

Examples:

Convert to hash

match_data.to_hash

Returns:

  • (Hash) —

    a hash mapping capture names to their values



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# File 'documented/common/class_exts/matchdata.rb', line 20

def to_hash
  self.names.zip(self.captures.map(&:strip).map do |capture|
    if capture.is_i? then capture.to_i else capture end
  end).to_h
end

#to_struct ⇒ OpenStruct

Converts the match data to an OpenStruct object.

Examples:

Convert to OpenStruct

match_data.to_struct

Returns:

  • (OpenStruct) —

    an OpenStruct representation of the match data



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# File 'documented/common/class_exts/matchdata.rb', line 12

def to_struct
  OpenStruct.new to_hash
end