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o:RDoc::Markup::Paragraph;	[I"PAttempts to skip over the given +pattern+ beginning with the scan pointer. ;TI"RIf it matches, the scan pointer is advanced to the end of the match, and the ;TI"Dlength of the match is returned.  Otherwise, +nil+ is returned.;To:RDoc::Markup::BlankLineo;
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;TI"p s.skip(/\w+/)   # -> 4
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;TI"p s.skip(/\s+/)   # -> 1
;TI"p s.skip("st")    # -> 2
;TI"p s.skip(/\w+/)   # -> 4
;TI"p s.skip(/./)     # -> nil;T:@format0:
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