U:RDoc::AnyMethod[iI"pre_match:ETI"StringScanner#pre_match;TF:publico:RDoc::Markup::Document:@parts[o:RDoc::Markup::Paragraph;	[I"\Returns the <i><b>pre</b>-match</i> (in the regular expression sense) of the last scan.;To:RDoc::Markup::BlankLineo:RDoc::Markup::Verbatim;	[
I"*s = StringScanner.new('test string')
;TI")s.scan(/\w+/)           # -> "test"
;TI"&s.scan(/\s+/)           # -> " "
;TI")s.pre_match             # -> "test"
;TI"*s.post_match            # -> "string";T:@format0:
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