Ruby | StringScanner scan_full function

StringScanner#scan_full() : scan_full() is a StringScanner class method which checks whether the given pattern is matched from the current scan pointer

Syntax: StringScanner.scan_full()

Parameter: StringScanner values
pattern
advance_pointer
return_pointer

Return: true if the given pattern is matched from the current scan pointer otherwise return false

Example #1 :

# Ruby code for StringScanner.scan_full() method

# loading StringScanner
require 'strscan'

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

# scan_full() method
c.scan_full(/\w+/, 2, 3)

puts "String Scanner result of c.scan_full() form : #{c.pos()}\n\n"


# scan_full() method
c.scan_full(/\s+/, 4, 8)

puts "String Scanner result of c.scan_full() form : #{c.pos()}\n\n"

Output :

String Scanner result of c.scan_full() form : 3

String Scanner result of c.scan_full() form : 4

Example #2 :

# Ruby code for StringScanner.scan_full() method

# loading StringScanner
require 'strscan'

# declaring StringScanner
c = StringScanner.new("h ello geeks")

# scan_full() method
c.scan_full(/\w+/, 2, 3)

puts "String Scanner result of c.scan_full() form : #{c.pos()}\n\n"


# scan_full() method
c.scan_full(/\s+/, 4, 8)

puts "String Scanner result of c.scan_full() form : #{c.pos()}\n\n"

Output :

String Scanner result of c.scan_full() form : 1

String Scanner result of c.scan_full() form : 2