ruby regex: match and get position(s) of

Question

I\'d like to match a regex and get the position in the string of the match

For example,

\"AustinTexasDallasTexas\".match_with_posn /(Texas)/
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Answer 1

Sort of, see String#index

"AustinTexasDallasTexas".index /Texas/
=> 6

Now, you could extend the String API.

class String
  def indices e
    start, result = -1, []
    result << start while start = (self.index e, start + 1)
    result
  end
end
p "AustinTexasDallasTexas".indices /Texas/
=> [6, 17]