--- !ruby/object:RI::MethodDescription 
aliases: []

block_params: 
comment: 
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
  body: Converts <em>pattern</em> to a <tt>Regexp</tt> (if it isn't already one), then invokes its <tt>match</tt> method on <em>str</em>.
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::VERB 
  body: "   'hello'.match('(.)\\1')      #=&gt; #&lt;MatchData:0x401b3d30&gt;\n   'hello'.match('(.)\\1')[0]   #=&gt; &quot;ll&quot;\n   'hello'.match(/(.)\\1/)[0]   #=&gt; &quot;ll&quot;\n   'hello'.match('xx')         #=&gt; nil\n"
full_name: String#match
is_singleton: false
name: match
params: |
  str.match(pattern)   => matchdata or nil

visibility: public