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I"HReturn a Regexp
object that is the union of the given ;TI"Qpatterns, i.e., will match any of its parts. The patterns ;TI"Ncan be Regexp objects, in which case their options will be preserved, or ;TI"EStrings. If no patterns are given, returns /(?!)/
. ;TI"PThe behavior is unspecified if any given pattern contains capture.;To:RDoc::Markup::BlankLine o:RDoc::Markup::Verbatim; [I"5Regexp.union #=> /(?!)/
;TI"9Regexp.union("penzance") #=> /penzance/
;TI"8Regexp.union("a+b*c") #=> /a\+b\*c/
;TI"@Regexp.union("skiing", "sledding") #=> /skiing|sledding/
;TI"@Regexp.union(["skiing", "sledding"]) #=> /skiing|sledding/
;TI"JRegexp.union(/dogs/, /cats/i) #=> /(?-mix:dogs)|(?i-mx:cats)/
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; [I"MNote: the arguments for ::union will try to be converted into a regular ;TI"'expression literal via #to_regexp.;T:
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