RString Struct Reference

Ruby's String. More...

#include <rstring.h>

Data Structures
union	[union].as
	String's specific fields. More...

Data Fields
struct RBasic	basic
	Basic part, including flags and class.
long	len
	Length of the string, not including terminating NUL character.
union	as

Detailed Description

Ruby's String.

A string in ruby conceptually has these information:

• Encoding of the string.
• Length of the string.
• Contents of the string.

It is worth noting that a string is not an array of characters in ruby. It has never been. In 1.x a string was an array of integers. Since 2.x a string is no longer an array of anything. A string is a string – just like a Time is not an integer.

Definition at line 196 of file rstring.h.

Field Documentation

basic

struct RBasic RString::basic

Basic part, including flags and class.

Definition at line 199 of file rstring.h.

len

long RString::len

Length of the string, not including terminating NUL character.

Note

This is in bytes.

Definition at line 206 of file rstring.h.

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The documentation for this struct was generated from the following file:

• include/ruby/internal/core/rstring.h