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

block_params: 
comment: 
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
  body: Attempts to skip over the given <tt>pattern</tt> beginning with the scan pointer. If it matches, the scan pointer is advanced to the end of the match, and the length of the match is returned. Otherwise, <tt>nil</tt> is returned.
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
  body: "It's similar to #scan, but without returning the matched string."
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::VERB 
  body: "  s = StringScanner.new('test string')\n  p s.skip(/\\w+/)   # -&gt; 4\n  p s.skip(/\\w+/)   # -&gt; nil\n  p s.skip(/\\s+/)   # -&gt; 1\n  p s.skip(/\\w+/)   # -&gt; 6\n  p s.skip(/./)     # -&gt; nil\n"
full_name: StringScanner#skip
is_singleton: false
name: skip
params: " skip(pattern)\n"
visibility: public