Ruby | StringScanner pointer function
Last Updated :
09 Dec, 2019
StringScanner#pointer() : pointer() is a StringScanner class method which returns the byte position of the scan pointer
Syntax: StringScanner.pointer()
Parameter: StringScanner values
Return: the byte position of the scan pointer
Example #1 :
require 'strscan'
c = StringScanner. new ( "Mon Sep 12 2018 14:39" )
puts "String Scanner pointer form : #{c.pointer()}\n\n"
c.terminate()
puts "String Scanner pointer form : #{c.pointer()}\n\n"
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Output :
String Scanner pointer form : 0
String Scanner pointer form : 21
Example #2 :
require 'strscan'
c = StringScanner. new ( "hellogeeks" )
puts "String Scanner pointer form : #{c.pointer()}\n\n"
c.terminate()
puts "String Scanner pointer form : #{c.pointer()}\n\n"
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Output :
String Scanner pointer form : 0
String Scanner pointer form : 10
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