From: djberg96@... (Daniel Berger)
Date: 2004-04-25T11:14:05+09:00
Subject: Re: String#unpack and null-terminated strings

Michael Neumann <mneumann@ntecs.de> wrote in message news:<20040424221220.GA6199@miya.intranet.ntecs.de>...
> 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?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
>   Michael

"abc\000def\000".unpack("A3xA3") # => ["abc","def"]

Using the example you later posted...

"\100String\000\100".unpack("CA6xC") # => [64,"String",64]

Regards,

Dan