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

block_params: 
comment: 
- !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::P 
  :body: Returns the array of matches.
- !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::VERB 
  :body: "   m = /(.)(.)(\\d+)(\\d)/.match(&quot;THX1138.&quot;)\n   m.to_a   #=&gt; [&quot;HX1138&quot;, &quot;H&quot;, &quot;X&quot;, &quot;113&quot;, &quot;8&quot;]\n"
- !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::P 
  :body: Because <tt>to_a</tt> is called when expanding <tt>*</tt><em>variable</em>, there's a useful assignment shortcut for extracting matched fields. This is slightly slower than accessing the fields directly (as an intermediate array is generated).
- !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::VERB 
  :body: "   all,f1,f2,f3 = *(/(.)(.)(\\d+)(\\d)/.match(&quot;THX1138.&quot;))\n   all   #=&gt; &quot;HX1138&quot;\n   f1    #=&gt; &quot;H&quot;\n   f2    #=&gt; &quot;X&quot;\n   f3    #=&gt; &quot;113&quot;\n"
full_name: MatchData#to_a
is_singleton: false
name: to_a
params: |
  mtch.to_a   => anArray

visibility: public
