From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2002-06-01T23:55:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Reading binary files (or strings)

Han Holl <han@pobox.com> writes:

> >  string.unpack("@#{offset}format")
> >
> 
> Yes! That's exactly what I need. Thanks.
> This was neither in the online Ruby book, nor in the String.html in the
> official docs.

Umm.. it's the last entry in the table
(http://www.rubycentral.com/book/ref_c_string.html#String.unpack)


      :         :                      :                       :
    | @  | Skip to the offset given by the length argument. |     |
      :         :                      :                       :


Regards


Dave