Method: StringScanner#captures

Defined in:
ext/strscan/strscan.c

#captures ⇒ Object

Returns the subgroups in the most recent match (not including the full match). If nothing was priorly matched, it returns nil.

s = StringScanner.new("Fri Dec 12 1975 14:39")
s.scan(/(\w+) (\w+) (\d+) (1980)?/)       # -> "Fri Dec 12 "
s.captures                                # -> ["Fri", "Dec", "12", nil]
s.scan(/(\w+) (\w+) (\d+) (1980)?/)       # -> nil
s.captures                                # -> nil


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# File 'ext/strscan/strscan.c', line 1251

static VALUE
strscan_captures(VALUE self)
{
    struct strscanner *p;
    int   i, num_regs;
    VALUE new_ary;

    GET_SCANNER(self, p);
    if (! MATCHED_P(p))        return Qnil;

    num_regs = p->regs.num_regs;
    new_ary  = rb_ary_new2(num_regs);

    for (i = 1; i < num_regs; i++) {
        VALUE str;
        if (p->regs.beg[i] == -1)
            str = Qnil;
        else
            str = extract_range(p,
                                adjust_register_position(p, p->regs.beg[i]),
                                adjust_register_position(p, p->regs.end[i]));
        rb_ary_push(new_ary, str);
    }

    return new_ary;
}