What does %r

Ruby
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match = url.match(%r[http://(.+).site.com/a-(\d+).html])
my question is what is this %r, i know that %w(x 1 2)=[‘x’,‘1’,‘2’] but
what’s %r,
can i read more about these percents?
links please

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John Ab wrote:

my question is what is this %r

Regex literal. Like // but without the need to escape any slashes in the
re.

can i read more about these percents?

HTH,
Sebastian

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thank you very much