getch

getch()

Instance Public methods

Scans one character and returns it. This method is multibyte character sensitive.

s = StringScanner.new("ab")
s.getch           # => "a"
s.getch           # => "b"
s.getch           # => nil
 
$KCODE = 'EUC'
s = StringScanner.new("\244\242")
s.getch           # => "\244\242"   # Japanese hira-kana "A" in EUC-JP
s.getch           # => nil

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2025-01-10 15:47:30

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