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

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