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authordrbrain <drbrain@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2006-08-13 05:35:35 +0000
committerdrbrain <drbrain@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2006-08-13 05:35:35 +0000
commit8b827f1a7d5828bdee506da5cc8f42ce54f589bd (patch)
tree3de6e0dad8dc65278b435e6047d079fef1d91c34 /string.c
parent4bc2a9860ca52b497b6a5367d9036aff9bec5fd6 (diff)
Describe String#split grouping behavior. Patch by Jan Svitok [ruby-core:08603].
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@10723 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index 816dde4b0b..ef065b831f 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -3256,7 +3256,8 @@ rb_str_count(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE str)
*
* If <i>pattern</i> is a <code>Regexp</code>, <i>str</i> is divided where the
* pattern matches. Whenever the pattern matches a zero-length string,
- * <i>str</i> is split into individual characters.
+ * <i>str</i> is split into individual characters. If <i>pattern</i> contains
+ * groups, the respective matches will be returned in the array as well.
*
* If <i>pattern</i> is omitted, the value of <code>$;</code> is used. If
* <code>$;</code> is <code>nil</code> (which is the default), <i>str</i> is