Returns the number of backreferencing subexpressions.
/(a)(b)(c)/.arity #=> 3 /(a(b(c)))/.arity #=> 3
Note that this is not perfect, especially with regards to x and embedded comments.
CREDIT: Trans
# File lib/core/facets/regexp/arity.rb, line 13 def arity source.scan( /(?!\)[(](?!\?[#=:!>-imx])/ ).length end
Simply returns itself. Helpful when converting strings to regular expressions, where regexp might occur as well –in the same vien as using to_s on symbols. The parameter is actaully a dummy parameter to coincide with String#to_re.
/abc/.to_re #=> /abc/
CREDIT: Trans
# File lib/core/facets/regexp/to_re.rb, line 24 def to_re(esc=false) self # Of course, things really should know how to say "I" ;) end
Like to_re, but following Ruby's formal definitions, only a Regular expression type object will respond to this.
Note that to be of much real use this should be defined in core Ruby.
CREDIT: Florian Gross
# File lib/core/facets/regexp/to_re.rb, line 10 def to_regexp self end