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

block_params: 
comment: 
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
  body: Return the <b><em>pre</b>-match</em> (in the regular expression sense) of the last scan.
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::VERB 
  body: "  s = StringScanner.new('test string')\n  s.scan(/\\w+/)           # -&gt; &quot;test&quot;\n  s.scan(/\\s+/)           # -&gt; &quot; &quot;\n  s.pre_match             # -&gt; &quot;test&quot;\n  s.post_match            # -&gt; &quot;string&quot;\n"
full_name: StringScanner#pre_match
is_singleton: false
name: pre_match
params: ()
visibility: public