[DOC] Fix String#getbyte doc

* String#getbyte returns `nil` if `index` is out of range.

* Add String#getbyte example with nil output.

* Modify String#getbyte example to use negative index.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index 4b35b076e0..55cdace9f8 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -6070,13 +6070,14 @@ rb_str_chr(VALUE str)
 
 /*
  *  call-seq:
- *    getbyte(index) -> integer
+ *    getbyte(index) -> integer or nil
  *
- *  Returns the byte at zero-based +index+ as an integer:
+ *  Returns the byte at zero-based +index+ as an integer, or +nil+ if +index+ is out of range:
  *
- *    s = 'abcde'  # => "abcde"
- *    s.getbyte(0) # => 97
- *    s.getbyte(1) # => 98
+ *    s = 'abcde'   # => "abcde"
+ *    s.getbyte(0)  # => 97
+ *    s.getbyte(-1) # => 101
+ *    s.getbyte(5)  # => nil
  *
  *  Related: String#setbyte.
  */