Method: IO::Buffer#clear

Defined in:
io_buffer.c

#clear(value = 0, [offset, [length]]) ⇒ self

Fill buffer with value, starting with offset and going for length bytes.

buffer = IO::Buffer.for('test').dup
# =>
#   <IO::Buffer 0x00007fca40087c38+4 INTERNAL>
#   0x00000000  74 65 73 74         test

buffer.clear
# =>
#   <IO::Buffer 0x00007fca40087c38+4 INTERNAL>
#   0x00000000  00 00 00 00         ....

buf.clear(1) # fill with 1
# =>
#   <IO::Buffer 0x00007fca40087c38+4 INTERNAL>
#   0x00000000  01 01 01 01         ....

buffer.clear(2, 1, 2) # fill with 2, starting from offset 1, for 2 bytes
# =>
#   <IO::Buffer 0x00007fca40087c38+4 INTERNAL>
#   0x00000000  01 02 02 01         ....

buffer.clear(2, 1) # fill with 2, starting from offset 1
# =>
#   <IO::Buffer 0x00007fca40087c38+4 INTERNAL>
#   0x00000000  01 02 02 02         ....



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# File 'io_buffer.c', line 2667

static VALUE
io_buffer_clear(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
    rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 3);

    uint8_t value = 0;
    if (argc >= 1) {
        value = NUM2UINT(argv[0]);
    }

    size_t offset, length;
    io_buffer_extract_offset_length(self, argc-1, argv+1, &offset, &length);

    rb_io_buffer_clear(self, value, offset, length);

    return self;
}