Method: Fiddle::Pointer#to_str

Defined in:

pointer.c

#to_str ⇒ String #to_str(len) ⇒ String

Returns the pointer contents as a string.

When called with no arguments, this method will return the contents with the length of this pointer’s size.

When called with len, a string of len bytes will be returned.

See to_s

Overloads:

• #to_str ⇒ String

  Returns:

  • (String)
• #to_str(len) ⇒ String

  Returns:

  • (String)

# File 'pointer.c', line 537

static VALUE
rb_fiddle_ptr_to_str(int argc, VALUE argv[], VALUE self)
{
    struct ptr_data *data;
    VALUE arg1, val;
    int len;

    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &fiddle_ptr_data_type, data);
    switch (rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &arg1)) {
      case 0:
	val = rb_str_new((char*)(data->ptr),data->size);
	break;
      case 1:
	len = NUM2INT(arg1);
	val = rb_str_new((char*)(data->ptr), len);
	break;
      default:
	rb_bug("rb_fiddle_ptr_to_str");
    }

    return val;
}