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#
# Copyright (c) 2006-2012 Hal Brodigan (postmodern.mod3 at gmail.com)
#
# This file is part of Ronin Support.
#
# Ronin Support is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
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#
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#

require 'ronin/binary/template'

class Array

  alias pack_original pack

  #
  # Packs the Array into a String.
  #
  # @param [String, Array<Symbol>] arguments
  #   The `Array#pack` template or a list of {Ronin::Binary::Template} types.
  #
  # @return [String]
  #   The packed Array.
  #
  # @raise [ArgumentError]
  #   The arguments were not a String or a list of Symbols.
  #
  # @example using {Ronin::Binary::Template} types:
  #   [0x1234, "hello"].pack(:uint16_le, :string)
  #   # => "\x34\x12hello\0"
  #
  # @example using a `String#unpack` template:
  #   [0x1234, "hello"].pack('vZ*')
  #   # => "\x34\x12hello\0"
  #
  # @see http://rubydoc.info/stdlib/core/Array:pack
  #
  # @since 0.5.0
  #
  # @api public
  #
  def pack(*arguments)
    case arguments.first
    when String
      pack_original(arguments.first)
    when Symbol
      pack_original(Ronin::Binary::Template.compile(arguments))
    else
      raise(ArgumentError,"first argument to Array#pack must be a String or Symbol")
    end
  end

end

Version data entries

3 entries across 3 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
ronin-support-0.5.0	lib/ronin/formatting/extensions/binary/array.rb
ronin-support-0.5.0.rc2	lib/ronin/formatting/extensions/binary/array.rb
ronin-support-0.5.0.rc1	lib/ronin/formatting/extensions/binary/array.rb