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+Returns the offset (in bytes) of the end of the specified match.
+
+When non-negative integer argument +n+ is given,
+returns the offset of the end of the <tt>n</tt>th match:
+
+ m = /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")
+ # => #<MatchData "HX1138" 1:"H" 2:"X" 3:"113" 4:"8">
+ m[0] # => "HX1138"
+ m.byteend(0) # => 7
+ m[3] # => "113"
+ m.byteend(3) # => 6
+
+ m = /(ん)(に)(ち)/.match('こんにちは')
+ # => #<MatchData "んにち" 1:"ん" 2:"に" 3:"ち">
+ m[0] # => "んにち"
+ m.byteend(0) # => 12
+ m[3] # => "ち"
+ m.byteend(3) # => 12
+
+When string or symbol argument +name+ is given,
+returns the offset of the end for the named match:
+
+ m = /(?<foo>.)(.)(?<bar>.)/.match("hoge")
+ # => #<MatchData "hog" foo:"h" bar:"g">
+ m[:foo] # => "h"
+ m.byteend('foo') # => 1
+ m[:bar] # => "g"
+ m.byteend(:bar) # => 3
+
+Related: MatchData#bytebegin, MatchData#byteoffset.