Ruby | String getbyte Method

getbyte is a String class method in Ruby which is used to return the indexth byte as an integer.

Syntax: str.getbyte(index)

Parameters: Here, str is the given string.

Returns: Indexth byte as an integer.

Example 1:

# Ruby program to demonstrate
# the getbyte method

# Taking a string and
# using the method
puts "Ruby".getbyte(1)
puts "String".getbyte(4)

Output:

117
110

Example 2:

# Ruby program to demonstrate
# the getbyte method

# Taking a string and
# using the method

# it will return nil
puts "Sample".getbyte(7)

puts "Program".getbyte(4)

Output:

114