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to_str

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to_str(p1 = v1) public

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

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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_tainted_str_new((char*)(data->ptr),data->size);
        break;
      case 1:
        len = NUM2INT(arg1);
        val = rb_tainted_str_new((char*)(data->ptr), len);
        break;
      default:
        rb_bug("rb_fiddle_ptr_to_str");
    }

    return val;
}

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