Question

This is my code

pong = /return/.match(cap.array[0])
if pong == "return"
  puts "Pong"
end

cap.array[0] is definitely matching /return/ as you can see when I use pp:

#<MatchData "return">

but for some reason, the if statement isn’t triggering. Any ideas why it won’t match? I tried == and === thinking it could be a type issue, but no joy.

Answer 1

Regex#match returns a MatchData object. Thus, its comparison to string fails.

pong = /return/.match('i shall return this')

# cast it to string
if pong.to_s == "return"

# or do this
# if pong[0] == "return"
    puts "Pong"
end