Ruby | Regexp to_s() function
Last Updated :
17 Dec, 2019
Regexp#to_s() : to_s() is a Regexp class method which returns the string containing the regular expression with the same semantics.
Syntax: Regexp.to_s()
Parameter: Regexp values
Return: string containing the regular expression with the same semantics.
Example #1 :
reg_a = /a/
reg_b = /\xa1\xa2/e
puts "Regexp to_s form : #{reg_a.to_s}\n\n"
puts "Regexp to_s form : #{reg_b.to_s}\n\n"
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Output :
Regexp to_s form : (?-mix:a)
Regexp to_s form : (?-mix:\xa1\xa2)
Example #2 :
reg_a = /geeks/ix
reg_b = /(.)(.)/
puts "Regexp to_s form : #{reg_a.to_s}\n\n"
puts "Regexp to_s form : #{reg_b.to_s}\n\n"
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Output :
Regexp to_s form : (?ix-m:geeks)
Regexp to_s form : (?-mix:(.)(.))
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