method

chars

v1_9_1_378 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: IO

chars() public

Returns an enumerator that gives each character in ios. The stream must be opened for reading or an IOError will be raised.

f = File.new("testfile")
f.chars.to_a  #=> ["h", "e", "l", "l", "o"]
f.rewind
f.chars.sort  #=> ["e", "h", "l", "l", "o"]

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static VALUE
rb_io_chars(VALUE io)
{
    return rb_enumeratorize(io, ID2SYM(rb_intern("each_char")), 0, 0);
}