Method: MatchData#post_match

Defined in:
re.c

#post_match ⇒ String

Returns the substring of the target string from the end of the first match in self (that is, self[0]) to the end of the string; equivalent to regexp global variable $':

m = /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138: The Movie")
# => #<MatchData "HX1138" 1:"H" 2:"X" 3:"113" 4:"8">
m[0]         # => "HX1138"
m.post_match # => ": The Movie"

Related: MatchData.pre_match.

Returns:



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# File 're.c', line 1986

VALUE
rb_reg_match_post(VALUE match)
{
    VALUE str;
    long pos;
    struct re_registers *regs;

    if (NIL_P(match)) return Qnil;
    match_check(match);
    regs = RMATCH_REGS(match);
    if (BEG(0) == -1) return Qnil;
    str = RMATCH(match)->str;
    pos = END(0);
    str = rb_str_subseq(str, pos, RSTRING_LEN(str) - pos);
    return str;
}