An unescaped vertical bar(|) matches either the regular expression that precedes it or the regular expression that follows it. : Regexps Group « Development « Ruby

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An unescaped vertical bar(|) matches either the regular expression that precedes it or the regular expression that follows it.

def show_regexp(a, re) 
    if a =~ re 
        "#{$`}<<#{$&}>>#{$'}"  
    else 
        "no match" 
    end 
end 
a = "this is a test" 
show_regexp(a, /d|e/) 
show_regexp(a, /al|lu/)
show_regexp(a, /is test|this is/) 

 

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