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instance method
Integer#chr
(?::encoding) -> ::String
chr → string
chr(encoding) → string
numeric.c
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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, "%u 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_error_arity(argc, 0, 1);
}
enc = rb_to_encoding(argv[0]);
if (!enc) enc = rb_ascii8bit_encoding();
decode:
return rb_enc_uint_chr(i, enc);
}
Returns a 1-character string containing the character represented by the value of self, according to the given encoding.
Example
65.chr # => "A" 0.chr # => "\x00" 255.chr # => "\xFF" string = 255.chr(Encoding::UTF_8) string.encoding # => Encoding::UTF_8
Raises an exception if self is negative.
Related: Integer#ord.