Method: Regexp#fixed_encoding?

Defined in:

re.c

#fixed_encoding? ⇒ Boolean

Returns false if self is applicable to a string with any ASCII-compatible encoding; otherwise returns true:

r = /a/                                          # => /a/
r.fixed_encoding?                               # => false
r.match?("\u{6666} a")                          # => true
r.match?("\xa1\xa2 a".force_encoding("euc-jp")) # => true
r.match?("abc".force_encoding("euc-jp"))        # => true

r = /a/u                                        # => /a/
r.fixed_encoding?                               # => true
r.match?("\u{6666} a")                          # => true
r.match?("\xa1\xa2".force_encoding("euc-jp"))   # Raises exception.
r.match?("abc".force_encoding("euc-jp"))        # => true

r = /\u{6666}/                                  # => /\u{6666}/
r.fixed_encoding?                               # => true
r.encoding                                      # => #<Encoding:UTF-8>
r.match?("\u{6666} a")                          # => true
r.match?("\xa1\xa2".force_encoding("euc-jp"))   # Raises exception.
r.match?("abc".force_encoding("euc-jp"))        # => false

Returns:

• (Boolean)

# File 're.c', line 1564

static VALUE
rb_reg_fixed_encoding_p(VALUE re)
{
    return RBOOL(FL_TEST(re, KCODE_FIXED));
}