downvoted because it's confusing. OP is about groovy and if people scan-read quickly the answers, we might think it's a valid groovy syntax proposed.

In groovy, the ==~ operator (aka the "match" operator) is used for regular expression matching. != is just a plain old regular "not equals". So these are very different.

In groovy, the bitwise operators can be overridden with the leftShift (<<) and rightShift (>>) methods defined on the class. It's idiomatic groovy to use the leftShift method for append actions on strings, …

In a GString (groovy string), any valid Groovy expression can be enclosed in the $ {...} including method calls etc. This is detailed in the following page.

Dec 8, 2012 · My current work project allows user-provided expressions to be evaluated in specific contexts, as a way for them to extend and influence the workflow. These expressions the usual …

Sep 6, 2017 · While reading some groovy code of another developer I encountered the following definition: def foo=[:] What does it mean?

Feb 27, 2019 · I have a collection which I process with removeIf {} in Groovy. Inside the block, I have access to some it identifier. What is this and where is it documented?

Sep 20, 2018 · In an empty folder, run gradle init, Type of project application, Implementation language Groovy, use defaults for the rest. Open folder in Visual Studio Code. In left toolbar, select the Gradle …

Nowadays I hear a lot about "Groovy on Grails" and I want to know more about it: What is Groovy? What is Grails? What kind of applications are built using Groovy on Grails?

How to truncate string in groovy? I used: def c = truncate("abscd adfa dasfds ghisgirs fsdfgf", 10) but getting error.