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instance method

StringScanner#terminate

() -> void
terminate

call-seq: terminate -> self

Sets the scanner to end-of-string; returns self:

Example
scanner = StringScanner.new(HIRAGANA_TEXT)
scanner.string                 # => "こんにちは"
scanner.scan_until(/に/)
put_situation(scanner)
# Situation:
#   pos:       9
#   charpos:   3
#   rest:      "ちは"
#   rest_size: 6
match_values_cleared?(scanner) # => false

scanner.terminate              # => #<StringScanner fin>
put_situation(scanner)
# Situation:
#   pos:       15
#   charpos:   5
#   rest:      ""
#   rest_size: 0
match_values_cleared?(scanner) # => true
See also #string= #unscan #string #values_at also in 4.1 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0