Ruby | StringScanner pointer function Last Updated : 09 Dec, 2019 Comments Improve Suggest changes Like Article Like Report 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 Comment More infoAdvertise with us Next Article Interview Preparation For Software Developers M mayank5326 Follow Improve Article Tags : Ruby Ruby-Methods Ruby String Scanner-class Similar Reads Interview PreparationInterview Preparation For Software DevelopersMust Coding Questions - Company-wise Must Do Coding Questions - Topic-wiseCompany-wise Practice ProblemsCompany PreparationCompetitive ProgrammingSoftware Design-PatternsCompany-wise Interview ExperienceExperienced - Interview ExperiencesInternship - Interview ExperiencesPractice @GeeksforgeeksProblem of the DayTopic-wise PracticeDifficulty Level - SchoolDifficulty Level - BasicDifficulty Level - EasyDifficulty Level - MediumDifficulty Level - HardLeaderboard !!Explore More...Data StructuresArraysLinked ListStackQueueBinary TreeBinary Search TreeHeapHashingGraphAdvance Data StructuresMatrixStringAll Data StructuresAlgorithmsAnalysis of AlgorithmsSearching AlgorithmsSorting AlgorithmsPattern SearchingGeometric AlgorithmsMathematical AlgorithmsRandomized AlgorithmsGreedy AlgorithmsDynamic ProgrammingDivide & ConquerBacktrackingBranch & BoundAll AlgorithmsProgramming LanguagesCC++JavaPythonC#Go LangSQLPHPScalaPerlKotlinWeb TechnologiesHTMLCSSJavaScriptBootstrapTailwind CSSAngularJSReactJSjQueryNodeJSPHPWeb DesignWeb BrowserFile FormatsComputer Science SubjectsOperating SystemsDBMSComputer NetworkComputer Organization & ArchitectureTOCCompiler DesignDigital Elec. & Logic DesignSoftware EngineeringEngineering MathematicsData Science & MLComplete Data Science CourseData Science TutorialMachine Learning TutorialDeep Learning TutorialNLP TutorialMachine Learning ProjectsData Analysis TutorialTutorial LibraryPython TutorialDjango TutorialPandas TutorialKivy TutorialTkinter TutorialOpenCV TutorialSelenium TutorialGATE CSGATE CS NotesGate CornerPrevious Year GATE PapersLast Minute Notes (LMNs)Important Topic For GATE CSGATE CoursePrevious Year Paper: CS exams Like