ruby/doc/strscan/methods/getch.md

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call-seq:
getch -> character or nil
Returns the next (possibly multibyte) character,
if available:
- If the [position][2]
is at the beginning of a character:
- Returns the character.
- Increments the [character position][7] by 1.
- Increments the [byte position][2]
by the size (in bytes) of the character.
```rb
scanner = StringScanner.new(HIRAGANA_TEXT)
scanner.string # => "こんにちは"
[scanner.getch, scanner.pos, scanner.charpos] # => ["こ", 3, 1]
[scanner.getch, scanner.pos, scanner.charpos] # => ["ん", 6, 2]
[scanner.getch, scanner.pos, scanner.charpos] # => ["に", 9, 3]
[scanner.getch, scanner.pos, scanner.charpos] # => ["ち", 12, 4]
[scanner.getch, scanner.pos, scanner.charpos] # => ["は", 15, 5]
[scanner.getch, scanner.pos, scanner.charpos] # => [nil, 15, 5]
```
- If the [position][2] is within a multi-byte character
(that is, not at its beginning),
behaves like #get_byte (returns a 1-byte character):
```rb
scanner.pos = 1
[scanner.getch, scanner.pos, scanner.charpos] # => ["\x81", 2, 2]
[scanner.getch, scanner.pos, scanner.charpos] # => ["\x93", 3, 1]
[scanner.getch, scanner.pos, scanner.charpos] # => ["ん", 6, 2]
```
- If the [position][2] is at the end of the [stored string][1],
returns `nil` and does not modify the positions:
```rb
scanner.terminate
[scanner.getch, scanner.pos, scanner.charpos] # => [nil, 15, 5]
```