provides a unified clone operation, for REXML::XPathParser to use across multiple Object types
Produces a shallow copy of obj—the instance variables of obj are copied, but not the objects they reference. clone copies the frozen and tainted state of obj. See also the discussion under Object#dup.
class Klass attr_accessor :str end s1 = Klass.new #=> #<Klass:0x401b3a38> s1.str = "Hello" #=> "Hello" s2 = s1.clone #=> #<Klass:0x401b3998 @str="Hello"> s2.str[1,4] = "i" #=> "i" s1.inspect #=> "#<Klass:0x401b3a38 @str=\"Hi\">" s2.inspect #=> "#<Klass:0x401b3998 @str=\"Hi\">"
This method may have class-specific behavior. If so, that behavior will be documented under the #initialize_copy method of the class.
Returns the result of invoking exception.to_s. Normally this returns the exception’s message or name. By supplying a to_str method, exceptions are agreeing to be used where Strings are expected.
Return the receiver associated with this NameError exception.
Return this SystemCallError’s error number.
Registers filename to be loaded (using Kernel::require) the first time that module (which may be a String or a symbol) is accessed in the namespace of mod.
module A end A.autoload(:B, "b") A::B.doit # autoloads "b"
Returns filename to be loaded if name is registered as autoload in the namespace of mod.
module A end A.autoload(:B, "b") A.autoload?(:B) #=> "b"
Internal method used to provide marshalling support. See the Marshal module.
Returns the BigDecimal version number.
Returns the remainder from dividing by the value.
x.remainder(y) means x-y*(x/y).truncate
Return the largest integer less than or equal to the value, as a BigDecimal.
BigDecimal('3.14159').floor #=> 3 BigDecimal('-9.1').floor #=> -10
If n is specified and positive, the fractional part of the result has no more than that many digits.
If n is specified and negative, at least that many digits to the left of the decimal point will be 0 in the result.
BigDecimal('3.14159').floor(3) #=> 3.141 BigDecimal('13345.234').floor(-2) #=> 13300.0
Returns the value raised to the power of n.
Note that n must be an Integer.
Also available as the operator **.
Returns True if the value is zero.
Returns self if the value is non-zero, nil otherwise.
The coerce method provides support for Ruby type coercion. It is not enabled by default.
This means that binary operations like + * / or - can often be performed on a BigDecimal and an object of another type, if the other object can be coerced into a BigDecimal value.
e.g.
a = BigDecimal.new("1.0") b = a / 2.0 #=> 0.5
Note that coercing a String to a BigDecimal is not supported by default; it requires a special compile-time option when building Ruby.
As int is already an Integer, all these methods simply return the receiver.
Returns self.
Returns the numerator.
Rational(7).numerator #=> 7 Rational(7, 1).numerator #=> 7 Rational(9, -4).numerator #=> -9 Rational(-2, -10).numerator #=> 1
Returns the truncated value (toward negative infinity).
Rational(3).floor #=> 3 Rational(2, 3).floor #=> 0 Rational(-3, 2).floor #=> -1 # decimal - 1 2 3 . 4 5 6 # ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ # precision -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 '%f' % Rational('-123.456').floor(+1) #=> "-123.500000" '%f' % Rational('-123.456').floor(-1) #=> "-130.000000"
Creates a date object denoting the given week date.
The week and the day of week should be a negative or a positive number (as a relative week/day from the end of year/week when negative). They should not be zero.
Date.commercial(2001) #=> #<Date: 2001-01-01 ...> Date.commercial(2002) #=> #<Date: 2001-12-31 ...> Date.commercial(2001,5,6) #=> #<Date: 2001-02-03 ...>
See also jd and new.
Creates a date-time object denoting the given week date.
DateTime.commercial(2001) #=> #<DateTime: 2001-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 ...> DateTime.commercial(2002) #=> #<DateTime: 2001-12-31T00:00:00+00:00 ...> DateTime.commercial(2001,5,6,4,5,6,'+7') #=> #<DateTime: 2001-02-03T04:05:06+07:00 ...>
Same as Time::gm, but interprets the values in the local time zone.
Time.local(2000,"jan",1,20,15,1) #=> 2000-01-01 20:15:01 -0600
Converts time to local time (using the local time zone in effect for this process) modifying the receiver.
If utc_offset is given, it is used instead of the local time.
t = Time.utc(2000, "jan", 1, 20, 15, 1) #=> 2000-01-01 20:15:01 UTC t.utc? #=> true t.localtime #=> 2000-01-01 14:15:01 -0600 t.utc? #=> false t.localtime("+09:00") #=> 2000-01-02 05:15:01 +0900 t.utc? #=> false
Returns a new Time object representing time in UTC.
t = Time.local(2000,1,1,20,15,1) #=> 2000-01-01 20:15:01 -0600 t.gmt? #=> false y = t.getgm #=> 2000-01-02 02:15:01 UTC y.gmt? #=> true t == y #=> true