Feature #11429: Local variable assignment via regex ===

• Status: Open
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -

[seanlinsley (Sean Linsley)]

Currently, this assigns the username variable:

/(?<username>.*)@.*\..*/ =~ "[e-mail]"

But this does not:

/(?<username>.*)@.*\..*/ === "[e-mail]"

If it did, it would be possible to set variables during a case statement, which was my original goal:

case "[e-mail]"
when /(?<username>.*)@.*\..*/
  puts "Username is: #{username}"
end

I would be happy to implement this, if it's a desired feature.

[seanlinsley (Sean Linsley)]

• Subject changed from Local variable assignment Regex via === to Local variable assignment via regex ===

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Description updated (diff)

They are different stories.

Enabling assignment via Regexp#=== doesn't mean it via when.