Ruby | StringScanner unscan function

StringScanner#unscan() : unscan() is a StringScanner class method which set the scan pointer to the previous position

Syntax: StringScanner.unscan()

Parameter: StringScanner values

Return: set the scan pointer to the previous position

Example #1 :

# Ruby code for StringScanner.unscan() method

# loading StringScanner
require 'strscan'

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

c.scan(/\w+/)
# unscan() method
puts "String Scanner unscan form : #{c.unscan()}\n\n"

c.scan(/./)
# unscan() method
puts "String Scanner unscan form : #{c.unscan()}\n\n"

Output :

String Scanner unscan form : #

String Scanner unscan form : #

Example #2 :

# Ruby code for StringScanner.unscan() method

# loading StringScanner
require 'strscan'

# declaring StringScanner
c = StringScanner.new("h ello geeks")
c.scan(/\w+/)
# unscan() method
puts "String Scanner unscan form : #{c.unscan()}\n\n"

c.scan(/./)
# unscan() method
puts "String Scanner unscan form : #{c.unscan()}\n\n"

Output :

String Scanner unscan form : #

String Scanner unscan form : #

Note :
The output may vary because of the different Enumerators or pointer value based on you system.