method

values_at

v2_5_5 - Show latest stable - Class: StringScanner

values_at(*args)

public

Returns the subgroups in the most recent match at the given indices. If nothing was priorly matched, it returns nil.

s = StringScanner.new("Fri Dec 12 1975 14:39")
s.scan(/(\w+) (\w+) (\d+) /)       # -> "Fri Dec 12 "
s.values_at 0, -1, 5, 2            # -> ["Fri Dec 12 ", "12", nil, "Dec"]
s.scan(/(\w+) (\w+) (\d+) /)       # -> nil
s.values_at 0, -1, 5, 2            # -> nil

static VALUE
strscan_values_at(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
    struct strscanner *p;
    long i;
    VALUE new_ary;

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

    new_ary = rb_ary_new2(argc);
    for (i = 0; i<argc; i++) {
        rb_ary_push(new_ary, strscan_aref(self, argv[i]));
    }

    return new_ary;
}

values_at

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