# ri > Sass::Util::MultibyteStringScanner

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## Quick Reference

Wrapper of `StringScanner` that works correctly with multibyte character encodings, dealing in characters instead of bytes.

## Name

Sass::Util::MultibyteStringScanner — A wrapper of the native StringScanner class that works correctly with multibyte character encodings. The native class deals only in bytes, not characters, for methods like `#pos` and `#matched_size`. This class deals only in characters, instead.

## Synopsis

`Sass::Util::MultibyteStringScanner` is a subclass of `DelegateClass(StringScanner)`.

## Class Methods

- `new` — (no description provided)

## Instance Methods

- `byte_matched_size` — (no description provided)
- `byte_pos` — (no description provided)
- `check` — (no description provided)
- `check_until` — (no description provided)
- `clear` — (no description provided)
- `get_byte` — (no description provided)
- `getbyte` — (no description provided)
- `getch` — (no description provided)
- `is_a?` — (no description provided)
- `match?` — (no description provided)
- `matched_size` — (no description provided)
- `peek` — (no description provided)
- `peep` — (no description provided)
- `pointer` — (no description provided)
- `pos` — (no description provided)
- `pos=` — (no description provided)
- `reset` — (no description provided)
- `rest_size` — (no description provided)
- `scan` — (no description provided)
- `scan_full` — (no description provided)
- `scan_until` — (no description provided)
- `search_full` — (no description provided)
- `skip` — (no description provided)
- `skip_until` — (no description provided)
- `string=` — (no description provided)
- `terminate` — (no description provided)
- `unscan` — (no description provided)

## See Also

- [Sass::Util::MultibyteStringScanner (original perldoc page)](http://localhost/phpMan.php/perldoc/Sass%3A%3AUtil%3A%3AMultibyteStringScanner/markdown)
- The native `StringScanner` class in Ruby.