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/**
  EasyVR Tester
  
  Dump contents of attached EasyVR module
  and exercise it with playback and recognition.
  
  Serial monitor can be used to send a few basic commands:
  'c' - cycles through available command groups
  'b' - cycles through built-in word sets
  's123.' - play back sound 123 if available (or beep)

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class LabeledString < String
end

s1 = LabeledString.new("Secret Name")

/n(a)(m)e/i =~ s1

p [$1, $1.class, LabeledString]
p [$2, $2.class, LabeledString]
p [$`, $`.class, LabeledString]

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class RegexpSub < Regexp
  def match *args
    "regexp_match"
  end
end 

reg = RegexpSub.new("he")

p "hello".match(reg) == "regexp_match"

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pwh-argon:rubinius pwh$ rvm use ruby
Using /Users/pwh/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247

pwh-argon:rubinius pwh$ bin/mspec -tr core/string/match_spec.rb 
ruby 2.0.0p247 (2013-06-27 revision 41674) [x86_64-darwin12.3.0]
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Finished in 0.003534 seconds

1 file, 22 examples, 37 expectations, 0 failures, 0 errors

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class LabeledString < String
  def +(other)
    LabeledString.new original_plus(other)
  end
end

class String
  alias_method :original_plus, :+

  def +(other)