U:RDoc::AnyMethod[iI"[]:ETI"MatchData#[];TF:publico:RDoc::Markup::Document:@parts[o:RDoc::Markup::Paragraph;	[I"LMatch Reference -- <code>MatchData</code> acts as an array, and may be ;TI"Paccessed using the normal array indexing techniques.  <code>mtch[0]</code> ;TI"Lis equivalent to the special variable <code>$&</code>, and returns the ;TI"Pentire matched string.  <code>mtch[1]</code>, <code>mtch[2]</code>, and so ;TI"Ion return the values of the matched backreferences (portions of the ;TI""pattern between parentheses).;To:RDoc::Markup::BlankLineo:RDoc::Markup::Verbatim;	[I"-m = /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")
;TI"Dm          #=> #<MatchData "HX1138" 1:"H" 2:"X" 3:"113" 4:"8">
;TI"m[0]       #=> "HX1138"
;TI"m[1, 2]    #=> ["H", "X"]
;TI"&m[1..3]    #=> ["H", "X", "113"]
;TI"!m[-3, 2]   #=> ["X", "113"]
;TI"
;TI"'m = /(?<foo>a+)b/.match("ccaaab")
;TI"2m          #=> #<MatchData "aaab" foo:"aaa">
;TI"m["foo"]   #=> "aaa"
;TI"m[:foo]    #=> "aaa";T:@format0:
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†mtch[i]               -> str or nil
mtch[start, length]   -> array
mtch[range]           -> array
mtch[name]            -> str or nil
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