Why no MatchData#match?

Ruby
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I use MatchData infrequently enough that I keep being thrown by the
lack of a #match method, to go along with #pre_match and #post_match.
#[0] simply isn’t as self-documenting.

martin

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On 20.05.2007 16:16, Martin DeMello wrote:

I use MatchData infrequently enough that I keep being thrown by the
lack of a #match method, to go along with #pre_match and #post_match.
#[0] simply isn’t as self-documenting.

Probably because “match” sounds like the MD would be able to match again
(like Regexp.match). If you can come up with an unambiguous name I’d
make it a RCR.

Kind regards

robert

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Robert K. wrote:

If you can come up with an unambiguous name I’d make it a RCR.

Maybe “MatchData#matched” makes sense.

irb(main):009:0> md = “Hugo is a great dancer!”.match(/great/)
=> #MatchData:0x2b35644
irb(main):010:0> md.pre_match
=> “Hugo is a "
irb(main):011:0> md.matched
=> “great”
irb(main):012:0> md.post_match
=> " dancer!”

Wolfgang Nádasi-Donner

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On May 20, 10:40 am, Robert K. [email protected] wrote:

On 20.05.2007 16:16, Martin DeMello wrote:

I use MatchData infrequently enough that I keep being thrown by the
lack of a #match method, to go along with #pre_match and #post_match.
#[0] simply isn’t as self-documenting.

Probably because “match” sounds like the MD would be able to match again
(like Regexp.match). If you can come up with an unambiguous name I’d
make it a RCR.

Long considered this, and I’ve come to think it doesn’t matter. In
everyday language we use “match” in multiple contexts, including verb
and noun. I think it’s okay if Ruby does too.

T.