Returns the names of the binding’s local variables as symbols.
def foo a = 1 2.times do |n| binding.local_variables #=> [:a, :n] end end
This method is the short version of the following code:
binding.eval("local_variables")
Returns an array of the names of global variables.
global_variables.grep /std/ #=> [:$stdin, :$stdout, :$stderr]
Controls tracing of assignments to global variables. The parameter symbol identifies the variable (as either a string name or a symbol identifier). cmd (which may be a string or a Proc object) or block is executed whenever the variable is assigned. The block or Proc object receives the variable’s new value as a parameter. Also see Kernel::untrace_var.
trace_var :$_, proc {|v| puts "$_ is now '#{v}'" } $_ = "hello" $_ = ' there'
produces:
$_ is now 'hello' $_ is now ' there'
Removes tracing for the specified command on the given global variable and returns nil. If no command is specified, removes all tracing for that variable and returns an array containing the commands actually removed.
Converts block to a Proc object (and therefore binds it at the point of call) and registers it for execution when the program exits. If multiple handlers are registered, they are executed in reverse order of registration.
def do_at_exit(str1) at_exit { print str1 } end at_exit { puts "cruel world" } do_at_exit("goodbye ") exit
produces:
goodbye cruel world
Returns the names of the current local variables.
fred = 1 for i in 1..10 # ... end local_variables #=> [:fred, :i]
Sorts enum using a set of keys generated by mapping the values in enum through the given block.
If no block is given, an enumerator is returned instead.
%w{apple pear fig}.sort_by { |word| word.length} #=> ["fig", "pear", "apple"]
The current implementation of sort_by generates an array of tuples containing the original collection element and the mapped value. This makes sort_by fairly expensive when the keysets are simple.
require 'benchmark' a = (1..100000).map { rand(100000) } Benchmark.bm(10) do |b| b.report("Sort") { a.sort } b.report("Sort by") { a.sort_by { |a| a } } end
produces:
user system total real Sort 0.180000 0.000000 0.180000 ( 0.175469) Sort by 1.980000 0.040000 2.020000 ( 2.013586)
However, consider the case where comparing the keys is a non-trivial operation. The following code sorts some files on modification time using the basic sort method.
files = Dir["*"] sorted = files.sort { |a, b| File.new(a).mtime <=> File.new(b).mtime } sorted #=> ["mon", "tues", "wed", "thurs"]
This sort is inefficient: it generates two new File objects during every comparison. A slightly better technique is to use the Kernel#test method to generate the modification times directly.
files = Dir["*"] sorted = files.sort { |a, b| test(?M, a) <=> test(?M, b) } sorted #=> ["mon", "tues", "wed", "thurs"]
This still generates many unnecessary Time objects. A more efficient technique is to cache the sort keys (modification times in this case) before the sort. Perl users often call this approach a Schwartzian Transform, after Randal Schwartz. We construct a temporary array, where each element is an array containing our sort key along with the filename. We sort this array, and then extract the filename from the result.
sorted = Dir["*"].collect { |f| [test(?M, f), f] }.sort.collect { |f| f[1] } sorted #=> ["mon", "tues", "wed", "thurs"]
This is exactly what sort_by does internally.
sorted = Dir["*"].sort_by { |f| test(?M, f) } sorted #=> ["mon", "tues", "wed", "thurs"]
Returns a new array with the concatenated results of running block once for every element in enum.
If no block is given, an enumerator is returned instead.
[1, 2, 3, 4].flat_map { |e| [e, -e] } #=> [1, -1, 2, -2, 3, -3, 4, -4] [[1, 2], [3, 4]].flat_map { |e| e + [100] } #=> [1, 2, 100, 3, 4, 100]
Iterates the given block for each array of consecutive <n> elements. If no block is given, returns an enumerator.
e.g.:
(1..10).each_cons(3) { |a| p a } # outputs below [1, 2, 3] [2, 3, 4] [3, 4, 5] [4, 5, 6] [5, 6, 7] [6, 7, 8] [7, 8, 9] [8, 9, 10]
Initiates garbage collection, unless manually disabled.
This method is defined with keyword arguments that default to true:
def GC.start(full_mark: true, immediate_sweep: true); end
Use full_mark: false to perform a minor GC. Use immediate_sweep: false to defer sweeping (use lazy sweep).
Note: These keyword arguments are implementation and version dependent. They are not guaranteed to be future-compatible, and may be ignored if the underlying implementation does not support them.
Dump Ruby object to a JSON string.
Insert text into the line at the current cursor position.
See GNU Readline’s rl_insert_text function.
Raises NotImplementedError if the using readline library does not support.
Returns true if the named file is writable by the real user and group id of this process. See access(3)
If file_name is writable by others, returns an integer representing the file permission bits of file_name. Returns nil otherwise. The meaning of the bits is platform dependent; on Unix systems, see stat(2).
file_name can be an IO object.
File.world_writable?("/tmp") #=> 511 m = File.world_writable?("/tmp") sprintf("%o", m) #=> "777"
Initiates garbage collection, unless manually disabled.
This method is defined with keyword arguments that default to true:
def GC.start(full_mark: true, immediate_sweep: true); end
Use full_mark: false to perform a minor GC. Use immediate_sweep: false to defer sweeping (use lazy sweep).
Note: These keyword arguments are implementation and version dependent. They are not guaranteed to be future-compatible, and may be ignored if the underlying implementation does not support them.
Returns whether or not the given entry point func can be found within lib. If func is nil, the main() entry point is used by default. If found, it adds the library to list of libraries to be used when linking your extension.
If headers are provided, it will include those header files as the header files it looks in when searching for func.
The real name of the library to be linked can be altered by --with-FOOlib configuration option.
Returns whether or not the entry point func can be found within the library lib in one of the paths specified, where paths is an array of strings. If func is nil , then the main() function is used as the entry point.
If lib is found, then the path it was found on is added to the list of library paths searched and linked against.
Returns whether or not the variable var can be found in the common header files, or within any headers that you provide. If found, a macro is passed as a preprocessor constant to the compiler using the variable name, in uppercase, prepended with HAVE_.
To check variables in an additional library, you need to check that library first using have_library().
For example, if have_var('foo') returned true, then the HAVE_FOO preprocessor macro would be passed to the compiler.
Returns whether or not the constant const is defined. You may optionally pass the type of const as [const, type], such as:
have_const(%w[PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER pthread_mutex_t], "pthread.h")
You may also pass additional headers to check against in addition to the common header files, and additional flags to opt which are then passed along to the compiler.
If found, a macro is passed as a preprocessor constant to the compiler using the type name, in uppercase, prepended with HAVE_CONST_.
For example, if have_const('foo') returned true, then the HAVE_CONST_FOO preprocessor macro would be passed to the compiler.
Tests for the presence of an --enable-config or --disable-config option. Returns true if the enable option is given, false if the disable option is given, and the default value otherwise.
This can be useful for adding custom definitions, such as debug information.
Example:
if enable_config("debug") $defs.push("-DOSSL_DEBUG") unless $defs.include? "-DOSSL_DEBUG" end
Sets a target name that the user can then use to configure various “with” options with on the command line by using that name. For example, if the target is set to “foo”, then the user could use the --with-foo-dir=prefix, --with-foo-include=dir and --with-foo-lib=dir command line options to tell where to search for header/library files.
You may pass along additional parameters to specify default values. If one is given it is taken as default prefix, and if two are given they are taken as “include” and “lib” defaults in that order.
In any case, the return value will be an array of determined “include” and “lib” directories, either of which can be nil if no corresponding command line option is given when no default value is specified.
Note that dir_config only adds to the list of places to search for libraries and include files. It does not link the libraries into your application.
Returns compile/link information about an installed library in a tuple of [cflags, ldflags, libs], by using the command found first in the following commands:
If --with-{pkg}-config={command} is given via command line option: {command} {option}
{pkg}-config {option}
pkg-config {option} {pkg}
Where {option} is, for instance, --cflags.
The values obtained are appended to +$CFLAGS+, +$LDFLAGS+ and +$libs+.
If an option argument is given, the config command is invoked with the option and a stripped output string is returned without modifying any of the global values mentioned above.
Enters exclusive section.