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instance method
StringIO#length
length
ext/stringio/stringio.c
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static VALUE
strio_size(VALUE self)
{
VALUE string = StringIOForRead(self)->string;
if (NIL_P(string)) {
return INT2FIX(0);
}
return ULEN2NUM((rb_ulen_t)RSTRING_LEN(string));
}
Alias of #size
Returns the number of bytes in the string in self:
Example
StringIO.new('hello').size # => 5 # Five 1-byte characters. StringIO.new('こんにちは').size # => 15 # Five 3-byte characters.