Prefer String#match? over butt ugly Regexp#match?

app/controllers/geocoder_controller.rb

@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ class GeocoderController < ApplicationController
       @sources.push "osm_nominatim_reverse"
       @sources.push "geonames_reverse" if Settings.key?(:geonames_username)
     elsif @params[:query]
-      if /^\d{5}(-\d{4})?$/.match?(@params[:query])
+      if @params[:query].match?(/^\d{5}(-\d{4})?$/)
         @sources.push "osm_nominatim"
-      elsif /^(GIR 0AA|[A-PR-UWYZ]([0-9]{1,2}|([A-HK-Y][0-9]|[A-HK-Y][0-9]([0-9]|[ABEHMNPRV-Y]))|[0-9][A-HJKS-UW])\s*[0-9][ABD-HJLNP-UW-Z]{2})$/i.match?(@params[:query])
+      elsif @params[:query].match?(/^(GIR 0AA|[A-PR-UWYZ]([0-9]{1,2}|([A-HK-Y][0-9]|[A-HK-Y][0-9]([0-9]|[ABEHMNPRV-Y]))|[0-9][A-HJKS-UW])\s*[0-9][ABD-HJLNP-UW-Z]{2})$/i)
         @sources.push "osm_nominatim"
-      elsif /^[A-Z]\d[A-Z]\s*\d[A-Z]\d$/i.match?(@params[:query])
+      elsif @params[:query].match?(/^[A-Z]\d[A-Z]\s*\d[A-Z]\d$/i)
         @sources.push "ca_postcode"
         @sources.push "osm_nominatim"
       else

app/helpers/browse_tags_helper.rb

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ module BrowseTagsHelper
     #
     # Also accepting / as a visual separator although not given in RFC 3966,
     # because it is used as a visual separator in OSM data in some countries.
-    if %r{^\s*\+[\d\s\(\)/\.-]{6,25}\s*(;\s*\+[\d\s\(\)/\.-]{6,25}\s*)*$}.match?(value)
+    if value.match?(%r{^\s*\+[\d\s\(\)/\.-]{6,25}\s*(;\s*\+[\d\s\(\)/\.-]{6,25}\s*)*$})
       return value.split(";").map do |phone_number|
         # for display, remove leading and trailing whitespace
         phone_number = phone_number.strip

lib/password_hash.rb

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module PasswordHash
   def self.check(hash, salt, candidate)
     if salt.nil?
       candidate = Digest::MD5.hexdigest(candidate)
-    elsif /!/.match?(salt)
+    elsif salt.match?(/!/)
       algorithm, iterations, salt = salt.split("!")
       size = Base64.strict_decode64(hash).length
       candidate = self.hash(candidate, salt, iterations.to_i, size, algorithm)
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ module PasswordHash
   def self.upgrade?(hash, salt)
     if salt.nil?
       return true
-    elsif /!/.match?(salt)
+    elsif salt.match?(/!/)
       algorithm, iterations, salt = salt.split("!")
       return true if Base64.strict_decode64(salt).length != SALT_BYTE_SIZE
       return true if Base64.strict_decode64(hash).length != HASH_BYTE_SIZE