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instance method

StringScanner#match?

match?(pattern)

static VALUE
strscan_match_p(VALUE self, VALUE re)
{
    return strscan_do_scan(self, re, 0, 0, 1);
}

Tests whether the given pattern is matched from the current scan pointer. Returns the length of the match, or nil. The scan pointer is not advanced.

Example

s = StringScanner.new('test string')
p s.match?(/\w+/)   # -> 4
p s.match?(/\w+/)   # -> 4
p s.match?("test")  # -> 4
p s.match?(/\s+/)   # -> nil

See also #inspect #matched #initialize_copy #matched? also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.1 · 3.0

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