Returns the offset (in characters) of the end of the specified match. When non-negative integer argument +n+ is given, returns the offset of the end of the nth match: m = /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.") # => # m[0] # => "HX1138" m.end(0) # => 7 m[3] # => "113" m.end(3) # => 6 m = /(т)(е)(с)/.match('тест') # => # m[0] # => "тес" m.end(0) # => 3 m[3] # => "с" m.end(3) # => 3 When string or symbol argument +name+ is given, returns the offset of the end for the named match: m = /(?.)(.)(?.)/.match("hoge") # => # m[:foo] # => "h" m.end('foo') # => 1 m[:bar] # => "g" m.end(:bar) # => 3 Related: MatchData#begin, MatchData#offset, MatchData#byteoffset.