Method: StringScanner#get_byte

Defined in:
strscan.c

#get_byte ⇒ Object

Scans one byte and returns it. This method is not multibyte character sensitive. See also: #getch.

s = StringScanner.new('ab')
s.get_byte         # => "a"
s.get_byte         # => "b"
s.get_byte         # => nil

$KCODE = 'EUC'
s = StringScanner.new("\244\242")
s.get_byte         # => "\244"
s.get_byte         # => "\242"
s.get_byte         # => nil



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# File 'strscan.c', line 894

static VALUE
strscan_get_byte(VALUE self)
{
    struct strscanner *p;

    GET_SCANNER(self, p);
    CLEAR_MATCH_STATUS(p);
    if (EOS_P(p))
        return Qnil;

    p->prev = p->curr;
    p->curr++;
    MATCHED(p);
    adjust_registers_to_matched(p);
    return extract_range(p,
                         adjust_register_position(p, p->regs.beg[0]),
                         adjust_register_position(p, p->regs.end[0]));
}