How do I get the match data for all occurrences of a Ruby regular expression in a string?

Question

I need the MatchData for each occurrence of a regular expression in a string. This is different than the scan method suggested in Match All Occurrences of a Reg

Answer 1

I’ll put it here to make the code available via a search:

input = "abc12def34ghijklmno567pqrs"
numbers = /\d+/
input.gsub(numbers) { |m| p $~ }

The result is as requested:

⇒ #
⇒ #
⇒ #

See "input.gsub(numbers) { |m| p $~ } Matching data in Ruby for all occurrences in a string" for more information.