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instance method

StringScanner#string

() -> ::String

string → stored_string

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

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

Example

scanner = StringScanner.new('foobar')
scanner.string # => "foobar"
scanner.concat('baz')
scanner.string # => "foobarbaz"

See also #string= #skip_until #skip #terminate also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0