Returns a 2-element array containing the beginning and ending offsets (in characters) of the specified match. When non-negative integer argument +n+ is given, returns the starting and ending offsets of the nth match: m = /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.") # => # m[0] # => "HX1138" m.offset(0) # => [1, 7] m[3] # => "113" m.offset(3) # => [3, 6] m = /(т)(е)(с)/.match('тест') # => # m[0] # => "тес" m.offset(0) # => [0, 3] m[3] # => "с" m.offset(3) # => [2, 3] When string or symbol argument +name+ is given, returns the starting and ending offsets for the named match: m = /(?.)(.)(?.)/.match("hoge") # => # m[:foo] # => "h" m.offset('foo') # => [0, 1] m[:bar] # => "g" m.offset(:bar) # => [2, 3] Related: MatchData#byteoffset, MatchData#begin, MatchData#end.