[Rails] Re: Regexp pre_match

yep, last_match returns a MatchData object, which contains some
wrapper methods, including a string of the last successful pattern
match. Hence, pre_match would fall under MatchData, not Regexp.

On Sep 6, 10:21 am, Rick <richard.t.ll...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.3/MatchData.html#method-i-pre_match
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> On Thursday, September 6, 2012 1:40:31 AM UTC-4, John Merlino wrote:
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> >http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.3/Regexp.html
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> > I cannot find a method called pre_match but its used in Rails...
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> > @template.instance_variable_get("@#{Regexp.last_match.pre_match}")

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