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+require_relative '../../spec_helper'
+
+describe "MatchData#inspect" do
+  before :each do
+    @match_data = /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")
+  end
+
+  it "returns a String" do
+    @match_data.inspect.should.is_a?(String)
+  end
+
+  it "returns a human readable representation that contains entire matched string and the captures" do
+    # yeah, hardcoding the inspect output is not ideal, but in this case
+    # it makes perfect sense. See JRUBY-4558 for example.
+    @match_data.inspect.should == '#<MatchData "HX1138" 1:"H" 2:"X" 3:"113" 4:"8">'
+  end
+
+  it "returns a human readable representation of named captures" do
+    match_data = "abc def ghi".match(/(?<first>\w+)\s+(?<last>\w+)\s+(\w+)/)
+
+    match_data.inspect.should == '#<MatchData "abc def ghi" first:"abc" last:"def">'
+  end
+end