Module: Arrow::RegexpOperators

Included in:
Regexp
Defined in:
lib/arrow/monkeypatches.rb

Overview

Add some operator methods to regular expression objects for catenation, union, etc.

Instance Method Summary

Instance Method Details

- (Object) +(other)

Append the given other Regexp (or String) onto a copy of the receiving one and return it. 



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# File 'lib/arrow/monkeypatches.rb', line 23

def +( other ) 
  return self.class.new( self.to_s + other.to_s )
end

- (Object) |(other)

Create and return a new Regexp that is an alternation between the receiver and the other Regexp. 



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# File 'lib/arrow/monkeypatches.rb', line 29

def |( other )
  return Regexp.new( "(?:%s|%s)" % [self.to_s, other.to_s] )
end