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authordave <dave@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2003-12-18 21:08:25 +0000
committerdave <dave@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2003-12-18 21:08:25 +0000
commit84f0b051de55b80211eab0ad2438f500af45e4a5 (patch)
treee1dc66c1eeaa459b2d9578e2b63cb9442f819368 /pack.c
parentf75aff0139347afb89fcb931f6cc78703bb5c36a (diff)
Annotate enum.c. Add pager support, and report on methods in included modules
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@5214 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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diff --git a/pack.c b/pack.c
index 848d9fdcae..ab9b4b65e9 100644
--- a/pack.c
+++ b/pack.c
@@ -408,6 +408,71 @@ static void qpencode _((VALUE,VALUE,long));
static int uv_to_utf8 _((char*,unsigned long));
static unsigned long utf8_to_uv _((char*,long*));
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ * arr.pack ( aTemplateString ) -> aBinaryString
+ *
+ * Packs the contents of <i>arr</i> into a binary sequence according to
+ * the directives in <i>aTemplateString</i> (see the table below)
+ * Directives ``A,'' ``a,'' and ``Z'' may be followed by a count,
+ * which gives the width of the resulting field. The remaining
+ * directives also may take a count, indicating the number of array
+ * elements to convert. If the count is an asterisk
+ * (``<code>*</code>''), all remaining array elements will be
+ * converted. Any of the directives ``<code>sSiIlL</code>'' may be
+ * followed by an underscore (``<code>_</code>'') to use the underlying
+ * platform's native size for the specified type; otherwise, they use a
+ * platform-independent size. Spaces are ignored in the template
+ * string. See also <code>String#unpack</code>.
+ *
+ * a = [ "a", "b", "c" ]
+ * n = [ 65, 66, 67 ]
+ * a.pack("A3A3A3") #=> "a b c "
+ * a.pack("a3a3a3") #=> "a\000\000b\000\000c\000\000"
+ * n.pack("ccc") #=> "ABC"
+ *
+ * Directives for +pack+.
+ *
+ * Directive Meaning
+ * ---------------------------------------------------------------
+ * @ | Moves to absolute position
+ * A | ASCII string (space padded, count is width)
+ * a | ASCII string (null padded, count is width)
+ * B | Bit string (descending bit order)
+ * b | Bit string (ascending bit order)
+ * C | Unsigned char
+ * c | Char
+ * D, d | Double-precision float, native format
+ * E | Double-precision float, little-endian byte order
+ * e | Single-precision float, little-endian byte order
+ * F, f | Single-precision float, native format
+ * G | Double-precision float, network (big-endian) byte order
+ * g | Single-precision float, network (big-endian) byte order
+ * H | Hex string (high nibble first)
+ * h | Hex string (low nibble first)
+ * I | Unsigned integer
+ * i | Integer
+ * L | Unsigned long
+ * l | Long
+ * M | Quoted printable, MIME encoding (see RFC2045)
+ * m | Base64 encoded string
+ * N | Long, network (big-endian) byte order
+ * n | Short, network (big-endian) byte-order
+ * P | Pointer to a structure (fixed-length string)
+ * p | Pointer to a null-terminated string
+ * Q, q | 64-bit number
+ * S | Unsigned short
+ * s | Short
+ * U | UTF-8
+ * u | UU-encoded string
+ * V | Long, little-endian byte order
+ * v | Short, little-endian byte order
+ * w | BER-compressed integer\fnm
+ * X | Back up a byte
+ * x | Null byte
+ * Z | Same as ``A''
+ */
+
static VALUE
pack_pack(ary, fmt)
VALUE ary, fmt;
@@ -1153,6 +1218,142 @@ infected_str_new(ptr, len, str)
return s;
}
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ * str.unpack(format) => anArray
+ *
+ * Decodes <i>str</i> (which may contain binary data) according to the
+ * format string, returning an array of each value extracted. The
+ * format string consists of a sequence of single-character directives,
+ * summarized in the table at the end of this entry.
+ * Each directive may be followed
+ * by a number, indicating the number of times to repeat with this
+ * directive. An asterisk (``<code>*</code>'') will use up all
+ * remaining elements. The directives <code>sSiIlL</code> may each be
+ * followed by an underscore (``<code>_</code>'') to use the underlying
+ * platform's native size for the specified type; otherwise, it uses a
+ * platform-independent consistent size. Spaces are ignored in the
+ * format string. See also <code>Array#pack</code>.
+ *
+ * "abc \0\0abc \0\0".unpack('A6Z6') #=> ["abc", "abc "]
+ * "abc \0\0".unpack('a3a3') #=> ["abc", " \000\000"]
+ * "aa".unpack('b8B8') #=> ["10000110", "01100001"]
+ * "aaa".unpack('h2H2c') #=> ["16", "61", 97]
+ * "\xfe\xff\xfe\xff".unpack('sS') #=> [-2, 65534]
+ * "now=20is".unpack('M*') #=> ["now is"]
+ * "whole".unpack('xax2aX2aX1aX2a') #=> ["h", "e", "l", "l", "o"]
+ *
+ * This table summarizes the various formats and the Ruby classes
+ * returned by each.
+ *
+ * Format | Returns | Function
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * A | String | with trailing nulls and spaces removed
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * a | String | string
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * B | String | extract bits from each character (msb first)
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * b | String | extract bits from each character (lsb first)
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * C | Fixnum | extract a character as an unsigned integer
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * c | Fixnum | extract a character as an integer
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * d,D | Float | treat sizeof(double) characters as
+ * | | a native double
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * E | Float | treat sizeof(double) characters as
+ * | | a double in little-endian byte order
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * e | Float | treat sizeof(float) characters as
+ * | | a float in little-endian byte order
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * f,F | Float | treat sizeof(float) characters as
+ * | | a native float
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * G | Float | treat sizeof(double) characters as
+ * | | a double in network byte order
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * g | Float | treat sizeof(float) characters as a
+ * | | float in network byte order
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * H | String | extract hex nibbles from each character
+ * | | (most significant first)
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * h | String | extract hex nibbles from each character
+ * | | (least significant first)
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * I | Integer | treat sizeof(int) (modified by _)
+ * | | successive characters as an unsigned
+ * | | native integer
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * i | Integer | treat sizeof(int) (modified by _)
+ * | | successive characters as a signed
+ * | | native integer
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * L | Integer | treat four (modified by _) successive
+ * | | characters as an unsigned native
+ * | | long integer
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * l | Integer | treat four (modified by _) successive
+ * | | characters as a signed native
+ * | | long integer
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * M | String | quoted-printable
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * m | String | base64-encoded
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * N | Integer | treat four characters as an unsigned
+ * | | long in network byte order
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * n | Fixnum | treat two characters as an unsigned
+ * | | short in network byte order
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * P | String | treat sizeof(char *) characters as a
+ * | | pointer, and return \emph{len} characters
+ * | | from the referenced location
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * p | String | treat sizeof(char *) characters as a
+ * | | pointer to a null-terminated string
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * Q | Integer | treat 8 characters as an unsigned
+ * | | quad word (64 bits)
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * q | Integer | treat 8 characters as a signed
+ * | | quad word (64 bits)
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * S | Fixnum | treat two (different if _ used)
+ * | | successive characters as an unsigned
+ * | | short in native byte order
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * s | Fixnum | Treat two (different if _ used)
+ * | | successive characters as a signed short
+ * | | in native byte order
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * U | Integer | UTF-8 characters as unsigned integers
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * u | String | UU-encoded
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * V | Fixnum | treat four characters as an unsigned
+ * | | long in little-endian byte order
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * v | Fixnum | treat two characters as an unsigned
+ * | | short in little-endian byte order
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * w | Integer | BER-compressed integer (see Array.pack)
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * X | --- | skip backward one character
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * x | --- | skip forward one character
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * Z | String | with trailing nulls removed
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ * @ | --- | skip to the offset given by the
+ * | | length argument
+ * -------+---------+-----------------------------------------
+ */
+
static VALUE
pack_unpack(str, fmt)
VALUE str, fmt;