From: Mike Stok <mike@...>
Date: 2004-04-25T07:44:05+09:00
Subject: Re: String#unpack and null-terminated strings

Michael Neumann <mneumann@ntecs.de> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> How can I unpack two or more consecutive C-strings with the
> String#unpack method? Like this:
> 
>   "abc\000def\000".unpack("??") # => ["abc", "def"]
> 
> Currently, this seems not to be possible. Any chance to get the
> following patch applied, which implements exactly this?

You could use String#split e.g.

irb(main):001:0>  "abc\000def\000".split(/\0/)
=> ["abc", "def"]

I know it's not String#unpack, but hope it helps.

Mike

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