1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mrbgems/mruby-string-ext/mrblib/string.rb b/mrbgems/mruby-string-ext/mrblib/string.rb
index 311803ea2..fdaf2f960 100644
--- a/mrbgems/mruby-string-ext/mrblib/string.rb
+++ b/mrbgems/mruby-string-ext/mrblib/string.rb
@@ -310,11 +310,15 @@ class String
     end
   end
 
+  ##
+  # Call the given block for each character of
+  # +self+.
   def each_char(&block)
     return to_enum :each_char unless block
-
-    split('').each do |i|
-      block.call(i)
+    pos = 0
+    while pos < self.size
+      block.call(self[pos])
+      pos += 1
     end
     self
   end