Ruby | StringScanner rest function

StringScanner#rest() : rest() is a StringScanner class method which returns the “rest” of the string (i.e. everything after the scan pointer).

Syntax: StringScanner.rest()

Parameter: StringScanner values

Return: the “rest” of the string (i.e. everything after the scan pointer).

Example #1 :

# Ruby code for StringScanner.rest() method

# loading StringScanner
require 'strscan'

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

# rest() method
c.pos = 2
puts "String Scanner rest form : #{c.rest}\n\n"

# rest() method
c.pos = 7
puts "String Scanner rest form : #{c.rest}\n\n"

Output :

String Scanner rest form : n Sep 12 2018 14:39

String Scanner rest form :  12 2018 14:39

Example #2 :

# Ruby code for StringScanner.rest() method

# loading StringScanner
require 'strscan'

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

# rest() method
c.pos = 2
puts "String Scanner rest form : #{c.rest}\n\n"

# rest() method
c.pos = 7
puts "String Scanner rest form : #{c.rest}\n\n"

Output :

String Scanner rest form : llogeeks

String Scanner rest form : eks