method

inspect

v2_5_5 - Show latest stable - 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;
    VALUE a, b;

    p = check_strscan(self);
    if (NIL_P(p->str)) {
        a = rb_sprintf("#<%"PRIsVALUE" (uninitialized)>", rb_obj_class(self));
        return infect(a, p);
    }
    if (EOS_P(p)) {
        a = rb_sprintf("#<%"PRIsVALUE" fin>", rb_obj_class(self));
        return infect(a, p);
    }
    if (p->curr == 0) {
        b = inspect2(p);
        a = rb_sprintf("#<%"PRIsVALUE" %ld/%ld @ %"PRIsVALUE">",
                       rb_obj_class(self),
                       p->curr, S_LEN(p),
                       b);
        return infect(a, p);
    }
    a = inspect1(p);
    b = inspect2(p);
    a = rb_sprintf("#<%"PRIsVALUE" %ld/%ld %"PRIsVALUE" @ %"PRIsVALUE">",
                   rb_obj_class(self),
                   p->curr, S_LEN(p),
                   a, b);
    return infect(a, p);
}

inspect

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