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match? 

        # StringScanner.match?

(from ruby core)
---
    match?(pattern)

---

Tests whether the given `pattern` is matched from the current scan
pointer. Returns the length of the match, or `nil`.  The scan pointer is
not advanced.

    s = StringScanner.new('test string')
    p s.match?(/\w+/)   # -> 4
    p s.match?(/\w+/)   # -> 4
    p s.match?("test")  # -> 4
    p s.match?(/\s+/)   # -> nil

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