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authorstomar <stomar@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2018-01-07 17:49:46 +0000
committerstomar <stomar@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2018-01-07 17:49:46 +0000
commitbb8f6ac0feafa2d7045e05151346d0f16279c435 (patch)
tree9f2fefb530436e3510cb6435f4fcdfc4afd62c3b /lib/scanf.rb
parent33f4ff71ed0c35776712c9224b3f088c5ceeff39 (diff)
lib/scanf.rb: [DOC] fix typos
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@61658 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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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