chars()
public
Returns an array of characters in str. This is a shorthand for
str.each_char.to_a.
If a block is given, which is a deprecated form, works the same as each_char.
static VALUE
rb_str_chars(VALUE str)
{
VALUE ary = WANTARRAY("chars", rb_str_strlen(str));
return rb_str_enumerate_chars(str, ary);
}