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StringScanner#pointer() : pointer() is a StringScanner class method which returns the byte position of the scan pointer
Syntax: StringScanner.pointer() Parameter: StringScanner values Return: the byte position of the scan pointer
Example #1 : Ruby
# Ruby code for StringScanner.pointer() method

# loading StringScanner
require 'strscan'

# declaring StringScanner 
c = StringScanner.new("Mon Sep 12 2018 14:39")

# pointer() method
puts "String Scanner pointer form : #{c.pointer()}\n\n"

c.terminate()
# pointer() method
puts "String Scanner pointer form : #{c.pointer()}\n\n"
Output :
String Scanner pointer form : 0

String Scanner pointer form : 21

Example #2 : Ruby
# Ruby code for StringScanner.pointer() method

# loading StringScanner
require 'strscan'

# declaring StringScanner 
c = StringScanner.new("hellogeeks")


# pointer() method
puts "String Scanner pointer form : #{c.pointer()}\n\n"

c.terminate()
# pointer() method
puts "String Scanner pointer form : #{c.pointer()}\n\n"
Output :
String Scanner pointer form : 0

String Scanner pointer form : 10


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