value

static VALUE
folevariant_value(VALUE self)
{
    struct olevariantdata *pvar;
    VALUE val = Qnil;
    VARTYPE vt;
    int dim;
    SAFEARRAY *psa;
    Data_Get_Struct(self, struct olevariantdata, pvar);

    val = ole_variant2val(&(pvar->var));
    vt = V_VT(&(pvar->var));

    if ((vt & ~VT_BYREF) == (VT_UI1|VT_ARRAY)) {
        if (vt & VT_BYREF) {
            psa = *V_ARRAYREF(&(pvar->var));
        } else {
            psa  = V_ARRAY(&(pvar->var));
        }
        if (!psa) {
            return val;
        }
        dim = SafeArrayGetDim(psa);
        if (dim == 1) {
            val = rb_funcall(val, rb_intern("pack"), 1, rb_str_new2("C*"));
        }
    }
    return val;
}