method
check
check(p1)
public
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 “checks” to see whether a #scan will return a value.