# File lib/facets/core/string/self/patterns.rb, line 14
  def self.patterns( pattern )
    case pattern
    when :char, :chars, :character, :characters
      pattern = //
    when :word, :words
      pattern = /\s+|\Z/
    when :line, :lines
      pattern = /\Z/
    when String
      pattern = Regexp.new(Regexp.escape(pattern))
    end
    pattern
  end