Ruby | StringScanner pointer function

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 :

# Ruby code for StringScanner.pointer() method

# loading StringScanner
require 'strscan'

# declaring StringScanner
c = StringScanner.new("Mon Sep 12 2018 14:39")

# pointer() method
puts "String Scanner pointer form : #{c.pointer()}\n\n"

c.terminate()
# pointer() method
puts "String Scanner pointer form : #{c.pointer()}\n\n"

Output :

String Scanner pointer form : 0

String Scanner pointer form : 21

Example #2 :

# Ruby code for StringScanner.pointer() method

# loading StringScanner
require 'strscan'

# declaring StringScanner
c = StringScanner.new("hellogeeks")


# pointer() method
puts "String Scanner pointer form : #{c.pointer()}\n\n"

c.terminate()
# pointer() method
puts "String Scanner pointer form : #{c.pointer()}\n\n"

Output :

String Scanner pointer form : 0

String Scanner pointer form : 10