method
clear
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- Class:
String
clear()public
Makes string empty.
a = "abcde" a.clear #=> ""
static VALUE
rb_str_clear(VALUE str)
{
str_discard(str);
STR_SET_EMBED(str);
STR_SET_EMBED_LEN(str, 0);
RSTRING_PTR(str)[0] = 0;
if (rb_enc_asciicompat(STR_ENC_GET(str)))
ENC_CODERANGE_SET(str, ENC_CODERANGE_7BIT);
else
ENC_CODERANGE_SET(str, ENC_CODERANGE_VALID);
return str;
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