154     var result = '', source = this, match;
158       if (match = source.match(pattern)) {
159         result += source.slice(0, match.index);
160         result += String.interpret(replacement(match));
161         source  = source.slice(match.index + match[0].length);
173     return this.gsub(pattern, function(match) {  argument
174       if (--count < 0) return match[0];
175       return replacement(match);
206     return (this.match(matchAll) || []).map(function(scriptTag) {
207       return (scriptTag.match(matchOne) || ['', ''])[1];
231     var match = this.strip().match(/([^?#]*)(#.*)?$/);
232     if (!match) return {};
234     return match[1].split(separator || '&').inject({}, function(hash, pair) {
297   return function(match) { return template.evaluate(match) };  argument
311     return this.template.gsub(this.pattern, function(match) {  argument
312       var before = match[1];
313       if (before == '\\') return match[2];
314       return before + String.interpret(object[match[3]]);
396       if (stringValue.match(pattern))
900           (navigator.userAgent.match(/Gecko\/(\d{4})/) || [0,2005])[1] < 2005)
939         match(/^(text|application)\/(x-)?(java|ecma)script(;.*)?$/i))
1238   match: function(element, selector) {  method in Element.Methods
1241     return selector.match($(element));
1298         elementClassName.match(new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + className + "(\\s|$)")))
1345     return $(element).innerHTML.match(/^\s*$/);
1384       if(value = (element.getStyle('filter') || '').match(/alpha\(opacity=(.*)\)/))
1758     var params = this.params, expr = this.expression, match, modifier, clause, rest;
1759 …  while (match = expr.match(/^(.*)\[([a-z0-9_:-]+?)(?:([~\|!]?=)(?:"([^"]*)"|([^\]\s]*)))?\]$/i)) {
1761 …   params.attributes.push({name: match[2], operator: match[3], value: match[4] || match[5] || ''});
1762       expr = match[1];
1767     while (match = expr.match(/^([^a-z0-9_-])?([a-z0-9_-]+)(.*)/i)) {
1768       modifier = match[1], clause = match[2], rest = match[3];
1819     this.match = new Function('element', 'if (!element.tagName) return false; \  class
1828       if (this.match(element))
1836       if (this.match(element = scope[i]))
1850     return elements.select(selector.match.bind(selector)).map(Element.extend);
1860 …    return expression.match(/[^\s"]+(?:"[^"]*"[^\s"]+)*/g).inject([null], function(results, expr) {
2262         (navigator.appVersion.match(/Konqueror|Safari|KHTML/)
2274         (navigator.appVersion.match(/Konqueror|Safari|KHTML/)
2289 if (navigator.appVersion.match(/\bMSIE\b/))