method
chr
ruby latest stable - Class:
Integer
chr(*args)public
Returns a string containing the character represented by the int's value according to encoding.
65.chr #=> "A" 230.chr #=> "\xE6" 255.chr (Encoding ::UTF_8) #=> "\u00FF"
static VALUE
int_chr(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE num)
{
char c;
unsigned int i;
rb_encoding *enc;
if (rb_num_to_uint(num, &i) == 0) {
}
else if (FIXNUM_P(num)) {
rb_raise(rb_eRangeError, "%ld out of char range", FIX2LONG(num));
}
else {
rb_raise(rb_eRangeError, "bignum out of char range");
}
switch (argc) {
case 0:
if (0xff < i) {
enc = rb_default_internal_encoding();
if (!enc) {
rb_raise(rb_eRangeError, "%d out of char range", i);
}
goto decode;
}
c = (char)i;
if (i < 0x80) {
return rb_usascii_str_new(&c, 1);
}
else {
return rb_str_new(&c, 1);
}
case 1:
break;
default:
rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 1);
break;
}
enc = rb_to_encoding(argv[0]);
if (!enc) enc = rb_ascii8bit_encoding();
decode:
return rb_enc_uint_chr(i, enc);
}