Regular Expressions In Ruby MCQs with Explanations
Practice high-yield Programming & Software Development MCQs on Regular Expressions In Ruby with worked academic solutions for FPSC, PPSC, NTS, NITB, PTS.
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Which method is used to find the first occurrence of a pattern in a string in Ruby?
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What does the /\A anchor represent in a regular expression in Ruby?
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What is the purpose of the + quantifier in a regular expression in Ruby?
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Which modifier is used to perform case-insensitive matching in Ruby regular expressions?
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What does the \d character class represent in a regular expression in Ruby?
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Which metacharacter is used to specify optional characters in a regular expression in Ruby?
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What does the ^ anchor represent in a regular expression in Ruby?
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Which method is used to replace occurrences of a pattern in a string with a specified string in Ruby?
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What does the \s character class represent in a regular expression in Ruby?
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Which modifier is used to perform multiline matching in Ruby regular expressions?
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What does the \b anchor represent in a regular expression in Ruby?
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What does the \w character class represent in a regular expression in Ruby?
Question 14 of 22
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Which method is used to extract all occurrences of a pattern in a string in Ruby?
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Which metacharacter is used to specify character ranges in a regular expression in Ruby?
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Which modifier is used to perform global matching in Ruby regular expressions?
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What is the purpose of the \G anchor in a regular expression in Ruby?
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Which metacharacter is used to specify grouping in a regular expression in Ruby?
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Which modifier is used to perform single-line matching in Ruby regular expressions?
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What does the (?<=...) construct represent in a regular expression in Ruby?
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Which method is used to split a string into substrings based on a regular expression in Ruby?
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Which metacharacter is used to specify the beginning of a line in a regular expression in Ruby?
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