Match strings with regular expressions

In Ruby you can use String#=~ to compare a string with regexp, returning the first index where it is found. For example let's search for the first ? in this string:

"www.example.com/search?meatloaf" =~ /\?/ 
=> 22

If there is no match, it returns nil

"www.example.com" =~ /\?/ 
=> nil

BONUS: When using Regexp#=~, which functions very similarly, you can use a regexp with named captures to store them in local variables.

/(?<search_params>\?.+)/ =~ "www.example.com/search?lasagna"
=> 22
search_params
=> "?lasagna"