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-rw-r--r-- | lib/scanf.rb | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/scanf.rb b/lib/scanf.rb index 6bd7da4043..495f8705a4 100644 --- a/lib/scanf.rb +++ b/lib/scanf.rb @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ # scanf is an implementation of the C function scanf(3), modified as necessary # for Ruby compatibility. # -# the methods provided are String#scanf, IO#scanf, and +# The methods provided are String#scanf, IO#scanf, and # Kernel#scanf. Kernel#scanf is a wrapper around STDIN.scanf. IO#scanf # can be used on any IO stream, including file handles and sockets. # scanf can be called either with or without a block. @@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ # the conversions themselves are returned as an array. # # The format string may also contain characters other than those in the -# conversion specifiers. White space (blanks, tabs, or newlines) in the -# format string matches any amount of white space, including none, in +# conversion specifiers. Whitespace (blanks, tabs, or newlines) in the +# format string matches any amount of whitespace, including none, in # the input. Everything else matches only itself. # # Scanning stops, and scanf returns, when any input character fails to @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ # see below). Otherwise, given a field width of <em>n</em> for a given # conversion, at most <em>n</em> characters are scanned in processing # that conversion. Before conversion begins, most conversions skip -# white space in the input string; this white space is not counted +# whitespace in the input string; this whitespace is not counted # against the field width. # # The following conversions are available. @@ -113,17 +113,17 @@ # # [s] # Matches a sequence of non-white-space character. The input string stops at -# white space or at the maximum field width, whichever occurs first. +# whitespace or at the maximum field width, whichever occurs first. # # [c] # Matches a single character, or a sequence of <em>n</em> characters if a # field width of <em>n</em> is specified. The usual skip of leading white -# space is suppressed. To skip white space first, use an explicit space in +# space is suppressed. To skip whitespace first, use an explicit space in # the format. # # [[] # Matches a nonempty sequence of characters from the specified set -# of accepted characters. The usual skip of leading white space is +# of accepted characters. The usual skip of leading whitespace is # suppressed. This bracketed sub-expression is interpreted exactly like a # character class in a Ruby regular expression. (In fact, it is placed as-is # in a regular expression.) The matching against the input string ends with |