# MatchData#begin

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/matchdata-begin/120974>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [November 22, 2007, 10:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/matchdata-begin/120974 "2007-11-22T10:37:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tanaka\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@Tanaka\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tanaka_A)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 10:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/matchdata-begin/120974/1 "2007-11-22T10:37:58Z")

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MatchData#begin e$B$NJV$9CM$,%P%$%HC10L$J$h$&$K;W$$$^$9!#e(B

% ./ruby -Ke -ve ’  
s = “e$B$”$$$&$($\*e(Ba"  
p s.encoding  
/a/ =~ s  
p $~.begin(0)’  
ruby 1.9.0 (2007-11-22 patchlevel 0) [i686-linux]  
Encoding:EUC-JP  
10