===(p1)
public
Case Equality—Synonym for Regexp#=~
used in case statements.
a = "HELLO"
case a
when /^[a-z]*$/; print "Lower case\n"
when /^[A-Z]*$/; print "Upper case\n"
else; print "Mixed case\n"
end
produces:
Upper case
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VALUE
rb_reg_eqq(VALUE re, VALUE str)
{
long start;
str = reg_operand(str, FALSE);
if (NIL_P(str)) {
rb_backref_set(Qnil);
return Qfalse;
}
start = rb_reg_search(re, str, 0, 0);
if (start < 0) {
return Qfalse;
}
return Qtrue;
}