method

select

ruby latest stable - Class: MatchData

Method deprecated or moved

This method is deprecated or moved on the latest stable version. The last existing version (v1_8_7_330) is shown here.

select(...)
public

Returns an array containing match strings for which block gives true. MatchData#select will be removed from Ruby 1.9.

m = /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138: The Movie")
p m.select{|x| /X/ =~ x}   #=> ["HX1138", "X"]