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-rw-r--r--ext/strscan/strscan.c18
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/ext/strscan/strscan.c b/ext/strscan/strscan.c
index a2bf56ce4f..7dbd971ae9 100644
--- a/ext/strscan/strscan.c
+++ b/ext/strscan/strscan.c
@@ -1243,10 +1243,10 @@ strscan_size(VALUE self)
* If nothing was priorly matched, it returns nil.
*
* s = StringScanner.new("Fri Dec 12 1975 14:39")
- * s.scan(/(\w+) (\w+) (\d+) /) # -> "Fri Dec 12 "
- * s.captures # -> ["Fri", "Dec", "12"]
- * s.scan(/(\w+) (\w+) (\d+) /) # -> nil
- * s.captures # -> nil
+ * s.scan(/(\w+) (\w+) (\d+) (1980)?/) # -> "Fri Dec 12 "
+ * s.captures # -> ["Fri", "Dec", "12", nil]
+ * s.scan(/(\w+) (\w+) (\d+) (1980)?/) # -> nil
+ * s.captures # -> nil
*/
static VALUE
strscan_captures(VALUE self)
@@ -1262,9 +1262,13 @@ strscan_captures(VALUE self)
new_ary = rb_ary_new2(num_regs);
for (i = 1; i < num_regs; i++) {
- VALUE str = extract_range(p,
- adjust_register_position(p, p->regs.beg[i]),
- adjust_register_position(p, p->regs.end[i]));
+ VALUE str;
+ if (p->regs.beg[i] == -1)
+ str = Qnil;
+ else
+ str = extract_range(p,
+ adjust_register_position(p, p->regs.beg[i]),
+ adjust_register_position(p, p->regs.end[i]));
rb_ary_push(new_ary, str);
}