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StringScanner#matched() : matched() is a StringScanner class method which returns the last matched string.

Syntax: StringScanner.matched()

Parameter: StringScanner values

Return: the last matched string.

Example #1 :




# Ruby code for StringScanner.matched() method
  
# loading StringScanner
require 'strscan'
  
# declaring StringScanner 
c = StringScanner.new("Mon Sep 12 2018 14:39")
  
c.match?(/\s+/)
# matched() method
puts "String Scanner matched form : #{c.matched()}\n\n"
  
c.match?(/\w+/)
# matched() method
puts "String Scanner matched form : #{c.matched()}\n\n"


Output :

String Scanner matched form : 

String Scanner matched form : Mon

Example #2 :




# Ruby code for StringScanner.matched() method
  
# loading StringScanner
require 'strscan'
  
# declaring StringScanner 
c = StringScanner.new("hellogeeks")
  
c.match?(/\s+/)
# matched() method
puts "String Scanner matched form : #{c.matched()}\n\n"
  
c.match?(/\w+/)
# matched() method
puts "String Scanner matched form : #{c.matched()}\n\n"


Output :

String Scanner matched form : 

String Scanner matched form : hellogeeks

Last Updated : 09 Dec, 2019
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