From: Jari Williamsson <jari.williamsson@...>
Date: 2007-11-08T23:40:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Buffer to string

Paul Irofti wrote:

> $ irb 
> irb(main):001:0> s = "hello\0"
> => "hello\000"
> irb(main):002:0> s.chomp("\0")
> => "hello"

This particular approach wouldn't work, since it can't be guaranteed 
that every byte remaining in the buffer (after the termination) is NULL:
irb(main):001:0> s = "Hello\0\1\0"
=> "Hello\000\001\000"
irb(main):002:0> s.chomp("\0")
=> "Hello\000\001"

But the other suggestions work. Thanks!


Best regards,

Jari Williamsson