Method: String#getbyte

Defined in:: lib/helpers/hexdump.rb,
lib/helpers/ruby_1.8_1.9_compatibility.rb

#getbyte(x) ⇒ `Object`

when accessing a string and selecting x-th byte to do calculations , as defined in Ruby 1.9



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# File 'lib/helpers/hexdump.rb', line 38

def getbyte(x)   # when accessing a string and selecting x-th byte to do calculations , as defined in Ruby 1.9                                         
  self[x]  # returns an integer                                                                                                                        
end