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

input = "abc12def34ghijklmno567pqrs"
n = Regexp.new("\\d+")
[n.match(input)].tap { |a| a << n.match(input,a.last().end(0)+1) until a.last().nil? }[0..-2]

=> [#, #, #]