method

each_char

v1_9_3_392 - Show latest stable - 1 note - Class: String

each_char() public

Passes each character in str to the given block, or returns an enumerator if no block is given.

"hello".each_char {|c| print c, ' ' }

produces:

h e l l o

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static VALUE
rb_str_each_char(VALUE str)
{
    VALUE orig = str;
    long i, len, n;
    const char *ptr;
    rb_encoding *enc;

    RETURN_ENUMERATOR(str, 0, 0);
    str = rb_str_new4(str);
    ptr = RSTRING_PTR(str);
    len = RSTRING_LEN(str);
    enc = rb_enc_get(str);
    switch (ENC_CODERANGE(str)) {
      case ENC_CODERANGE_VALID:
      case ENC_CODERANGE_7BIT:
        for (i = 0; i < len; i += n) {
            n = rb_enc_fast_mbclen(ptr + i, ptr + len, enc);
            rb_yield(rb_str_subseq(str, i, n));
        }
        break;
      default:
        for (i = 0; i < len; i += n) {
            n = rb_enc_mbclen(ptr + i, ptr + len, enc);
            rb_yield(rb_str_subseq(str, i, n));
        }
    }
    return orig;
}

May 4, 2009 - (v1_8_6_287)

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NoMethodError: undefined method `each_char'

For some reason the each_char method on String is not available by default in Ruby 1.8.6 and you will be presented with a NoMethodError.

You can resolve this by requiring the jcode lib:

require 'jcode'

each_char

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NoMethodError: undefined method `each_char'