method

inspect

v1_9_3_392 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: StringScanner

inspect() public

Returns a string that represents the StringScanner object, showing:

the current position
the size of the string
the characters surrounding the scan pointer

s = StringScanner.new(“Fri Dec 12 1975 14:39”) s.inspect # -> ‘# 0/21 @ “Fri D…”>’ s.scan_until /12/ # -> “Fri Dec 12” s.inspect # -> ‘# 10/21 “…ec 12” @ “ 1975…”>’

static VALUE
strscan_inspect(VALUE self)
{
    struct strscanner *p;
    char buf[BUFSIZE];
    long len;
    VALUE a, b;

    Data_Get_Struct(self, struct strscanner, p);
    if (NIL_P(p->str)) {
        len = snprintf(buf, BUFSIZE, "#<%s (uninitialized)>",
                       rb_class2name(CLASS_OF(self)));
        return infect(rb_str_new(buf, len), p);
    }
    if (EOS_P(p)) {
        len = snprintf(buf, BUFSIZE, "#<%s fin>",
                       rb_class2name(CLASS_OF(self)));
        return infect(rb_str_new(buf, len), p);
    }
    if (p->curr == 0) {
        b = inspect2(p);
        len = snprintf(buf, BUFSIZE, "#<%s %ld/%ld @ %s>",
                       rb_class2name(CLASS_OF(self)),
                       p->curr, S_LEN(p),
                       RSTRING_PTR(b));
        return infect(rb_str_new(buf, len), p);
    }
    a = inspect1(p);
    b = inspect2(p);
    len = snprintf(buf, BUFSIZE, "#<%s %ld/%ld %s @ %s>",
                   rb_class2name(CLASS_OF(self)),
                   p->curr, S_LEN(p),
                   RSTRING_PTR(a),
                   RSTRING_PTR(b));
    return infect(rb_str_new(buf, len), p);
}

inspect

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