Ruby | StringScanner pointer= function

StringScanner#pointer=() : pointer=() is a StringScanner class method which sets the byte position of the scan pointer.

Syntax: StringScanner.pointer=()

Parameter: StringScanner values

Return: sets the byte pointerition 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
c.pointer = 2

puts "#{c.rest}\n\n"

# pointer=() method
c.pointer = 20

puts "#{c.rest}\n\n"

Output :

n Sep 12 2018 14:39

9

Example #2 :

# Ruby code for StringScanner.pointer=() method

# loading StringScanner
require 'strscan'

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

# pointer=() method
c.pointer = 2

puts "#{c.rest}\n\n"

# pointer=() method
c.pointer = 7

puts "#{c.rest}\n\n"

Output :

llogeeks

eks

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