Performance-RedundantMatch.md

Pattern: Redundant #match

Issue: -

Description

This rule identifies use of Regexp#match or String#match in a context where the integral return value of =~ would do just as well.

Examples

# bad
do_something if str.match(/regex/)
while regex.match('str')
  do_something
end

# good
method(str.match(/regex/))
return regex.match('str')

Further Reading

• RuboCop - Performance/RedundantMatch
• https://github.com/JuanitoFatas/fast-ruby#regexp-vs-stringmatch-vs-string-code-