Ruby | StringScanner scan_until function

StringScanner#scan_until() : scan_until() is a StringScanner class method which scans the string until the pattern is matched

Syntax: StringScanner.scan_until()

Parameter: StringScanner values

Return: the substring up to and including the end of the match

Example #1 :

# Ruby code for StringScanner.scan_until() method

# loading StringScanner
require 'strscan'

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

# scan_until() method
c.scan_until(/\w+/)

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

# scan_until() method
c.scan_until(/\s+/)

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

Output :

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

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

Example #2 :

# Ruby code for StringScanner.scan_until() method

# loading StringScanner
require 'strscan'

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

# scan_until() method
c.scan_until(/\w+/)

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


# scan_until() method
c.scan_until(/\s+/)

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

Output :

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

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