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instance method

StringScanner#string

string

static VALUE
strscan_get_string(VALUE self)
{
    struct strscanner *p;

    GET_SCANNER(self, p);
    return p->str;
}

Returns the string being scanned.

See also #string= #skip_until #skip #terminate also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0