--- !ruby/object:RDoc::RI::MethodDescription 
aliases: []

block_params: 
comment: 
- !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::P 
  :body: Returns an enumerator that gives each character in <em>ios</em>. The stream must be opened for reading or an <tt>IOError</tt> will be raised.
- !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::VERB 
  :body: "   f = File.new(&quot;testfile&quot;)\n   f.chars.to_a  #=&gt; [&quot;h&quot;, &quot;e&quot;, &quot;l&quot;, &quot;l&quot;, &quot;o&quot;]\n   f.rewind\n   f.chars.sort  #=&gt; [&quot;e&quot;, &quot;h&quot;, &quot;l&quot;, &quot;l&quot;, &quot;o&quot;]\n"
full_name: IO#chars
is_singleton: false
name: chars
params: |
  ios.chars   => anEnumerator

visibility: public
