Getting An Array Of Strings From A Char** With FFI And Ruby

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        This code adds a method to the FFI::Pointer class that makes it easy to unravel an array of null terminated strings from a char** type.

require 'ffi'

class FFI::Pointer
  def read_array_of_string
    elements = []

    loc = self

    until ((element = loc.read_pointer).null?)
     elements << element.read_string
     loc += FFI::Type::POINTER.size
    end

    elements
  end
end

Tags:
• ffi
• Ruby