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v2_5_5 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: StringScanner

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Returns the n-th subgroup in the most recent match.

s = StringScanner.new("Fri Dec 12 1975 14:39")
s.scan(/(\w+) (\w+) (\d+) /)       # -> "Fri Dec 12 "
s[0]                               # -> "Fri Dec 12 "
s[1]                               # -> "Fri"
s[2]                               # -> "Dec"
s[3]                               # -> "12"
s.post_match                       # -> "1975 14:39"
s.pre_match                        # -> ""

s.reset
s.scan(/(?<wday>\w+) (?<month>\w+) (?<day>\d+) /)       # -> "Fri Dec 12 "
s[0]                               # -> "Fri Dec 12 "
s[1]                               # -> "Fri"
s[2]                               # -> "Dec"
s[3]                               # -> "12"
s[:wday]                           # -> "Fri"
s[:month]                          # -> "Dec"
s[:day]                            # -> "12"
s.post_match                       # -> "1975 14:39"
s.pre_match                        # -> ""

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static VALUE
strscan_aref(VALUE self, VALUE idx)
{
    const char *name;
    struct strscanner *p;
    long i;

    GET_SCANNER(self, p);
    if (! MATCHED_P(p))        return Qnil;

    switch (TYPE(idx)) {
        case T_SYMBOL:
            idx = rb_sym2str(idx);
            /* fall through */
        case T_STRING:
            if (!p->regex) return Qnil;
            RSTRING_GETMEM(idx, name, i);
            i = name_to_backref_number(&(p->regs), p->regex, name, name + i, rb_enc_get(idx));
            break;
        default:
            i = NUM2LONG(idx);
    }

    if (i < 0)
        i += p->regs.num_regs;
    if (i < 0)                 return Qnil;
    if (i >= p->regs.num_regs) return Qnil;
    if (p->regs.beg[i] == -1)  return Qnil;

    return extract_range(p, p->prev + p->regs.beg[i],
                            p->prev + p->regs.end[i]);
}

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