From: "andrykonchin (Andrew Konchin)" <noreply@ruby-lang.org>
To: ruby-core@neon.ruby-lang.org
Subject: [ruby-core:110767] [Ruby master Misc#19131] MatchData#values_at(): addressing with Range and Integer index behaves differently for the first element (entire matched string)
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 15:33:18 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <redmine.issue-19131.20221115153318.13553@ruby-lang.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: redmine.issue-19131.20221115153318.13553@ruby-lang.org
Issue #19131 has been reported by andrykonchin (Andrew Konchin).
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Misc #19131: MatchData#values_at(): addressing with Range and Integer index behaves differently for the first element (entire matched string)
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19131
* Author: andrykonchin (Andrew Konchin)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
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I've noticed a strange nuance and not sure whether it's intentional or not. In case it's intentional - it seems to me inconsistent.
I will illustrate it with the following example:
```ruby
/(.)(.)(.)(.)/.match("abcde").values_at(-5..-1) # => ["abcd", "a", "b", "c", "d"]
/(.)(.)(.)(.)/.match("abcde").values_at(-5) # => [nil]
```
So with a negative index we can address the whole matched string (`0` element) with a Range argument but cannot with an Integer index.
We can index with negative values only captured values:
```ruby
/(.)(.)(.)(.)/.match("abcde").values_at(-4) # => ["a"]
/(.)(.)(.)(.)/.match("abcde").values_at(-3) # => ["b"]
/(.)(.)(.)(.)/.match("abcde").values_at(-2) # => ["c"]
# ...
```
---
```
ruby -v
ruby 3.1.2p20 (2022-04-12 revision 4491bb740a) [x86_64-darwin21]
```
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https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/
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