--- !ruby/object:RI::MethodDescription 
aliases: []

block_params: 
comment: 
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
  body: Tests whether the given <tt>pattern</tt> is matched from the current scan pointer. Returns the length of the match, or <tt>nil</tt>. The scan pointer is not advanced.
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::VERB 
  body: "  s = StringScanner.new('test string')\n  p s.match?(/\\w+/)   # -&gt; 4\n  p s.match?(/\\w+/)   # -&gt; 4\n  p s.match?(/\\s+/)   # -&gt; nil\n"
full_name: StringScanner#match?
is_singleton: false
name: match?
params: " match?(pattern)\n"
visibility: public