check(pattern)
Instance Public methods
This returns the value that scan would return, without advancing the scan pointer. The match register is affected, though.
s = StringScanner.new("Fri Dec 12 1975 14:39")
s.check /Fri/ # -> "Fri"
s.pos # -> 0
s.matched # -> "Fri"
s.check /12/ # -> nil
s.matched # -> nil
Mnemonic: it âchecksâ to see whether a scan will return a value.
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