Ruby | Regexp match() function

Regexp#match() : force_encoding?() is a Regexp class method which matches the regular expression with the string and specifies the position in the string to begin the search.

Syntax: Regexp.match()

Parameter: Regexp values

Return: regular expression with the string after matching it.

Example #1 :

# Ruby code for Regexp.match() method

# declaring Regexp value
reg_a = /a/

# declaring Regexp value
reg_b = /geeks/

# declaring Regexp value
reg_c = /a/


#  match method
puts "Regexp match form : #{reg_a.match("abcd")}\n\n"

puts "Regexp match form : #{reg_b.match("geeksforgeeks")}\n\n"

puts "Regexp match form : #{reg_c.match("playway")}\n\n"

Output :

Regexp match form : a

Regexp match form : geeks

Regexp match form : a

Example #2 :

# Ruby code for Regexp.match() method

# declaring Regexp value
reg_a = /geeks/

# declaring Regexp value
reg_b = /problem/

# declaring Regexp value
reg_c = /code/


#  match method
puts "Regexp match form : #{reg_a.match("geeksforgeeks")}\n\n"

puts "Regexp match form : #{reg_b.match("geeksforgeeks")}\n\n"

puts "Regexp match form : #{reg_c.match("codeer")}\n\n"

Output :

Regexp match form : geeks

Regexp match form : 

Regexp match form : code