Converts arg to an Integer. Numeric types are converted directly (with floating point numbers being truncated). base (0, or between 2 and 36) is a base for integer string representation. If arg is a String, when base is omitted or equals zero, radix indicators (0, 0b, and 0x) are honored. In any case, strings should be strictly conformed to numeric representation. This behavior is different from that of String#to_i. Non string values will be converted by first trying to_int, then to_i. Passing nil raises a TypeError.
Integer(123.999) #=> 123 Integer("0x1a") #=> 26 Integer(Time.new) #=> 1204973019 Integer("0930", 10) #=> 930 Integer("111", 2) #=> 7 Integer(nil) #=> TypeError
Executes command… in a subshell. command… is one of following forms.
commandline : command line string which is passed to the standard shell cmdname, arg1, ... : command name and one or more arguments (no shell) [cmdname, argv0], arg1, ... : command name, argv[0] and zero or more arguments (no shell)
system returns true if the command gives zero exit status, false for non zero exit status. Returns nil if command execution fails. An error status is available in $?. The arguments are processed in the same way as for Kernel.spawn.
The hash arguments, env and options, are same as exec and spawn. See Kernel.spawn for details.
system("echo *") system("echo", "*")
produces:
config.h main.rb *
See Kernel.exec for the standard shell.
Specifies the handling of signals. The first parameter is a signal name (a string such as “SIGALRM”, “SIGUSR1”, and so on) or a signal number. The characters “SIG” may be omitted from the signal name. The command or block specifies code to be run when the signal is raised. If the command is the string “IGNORE” or “SIG_IGN”, the signal will be ignored. If the command is “DEFAULT” or “SIG_DFL”, the Ruby’s default handler will be invoked. If the command is “EXIT”, the script will be terminated by the signal. If the command is “SYSTEM_DEFAULT”, the operating system’s default handler will be invoked. Otherwise, the given command or block will be run. The special signal name “EXIT” or signal number zero will be invoked just prior to program termination. trap returns the previous handler for the given signal.
Signal.trap(0, proc { puts "Terminating: #{$$}" }) Signal.trap("CLD") { puts "Child died" } fork && Process.wait
produces:
Terminating: 27461 Child died Terminating: 27460
Passes each entry in enum to block. Returns the first for which block is not false. If no object matches, calls ifnone and returns its result when it is specified, or returns nil otherwise.
If no block is given, an enumerator is returned instead.
(1..100).detect => #<Enumerator: 1..100:detect>
(1..100).find => #<Enumerator: 1..100:find>
(1..10).detect { |i| i % 5 == 0 and i % 7 == 0 } #=> nil
(1..10).find { |i| i % 5 == 0 and i % 7 == 0 } #=> nil
(1..100).detect { |i| i % 5 == 0 and i % 7 == 0 } #=> 35
(1..100).find { |i| i % 5 == 0 and i % 7 == 0 } #=> 35
Combines all elements of enum by applying a binary operation, specified by a block or a symbol that names a method or operator.
The inject and reduce methods are aliases. There is no performance benefit to either.
If you specify a block, then for each element in enum the block is passed an accumulator value (memo) and the element. If you specify a symbol instead, then each element in the collection will be passed to the named method of memo. In either case, the result becomes the new value for memo. At the end of the iteration, the final value of memo is the return value for the method.
If you do not explicitly specify an initial value for memo, then the first element of collection is used as the initial value of memo.
# Sum some numbers (5..10).reduce(:+) #=> 45 # Same using a block and inject (5..10).inject { |sum, n| sum + n } #=> 45 # Multiply some numbers (5..10).reduce(1, :*) #=> 151200 # Same using a block (5..10).inject(1) { |product, n| product * n } #=> 151200 # find the longest word longest = %w{ cat sheep bear }.inject do |memo, word| memo.length > word.length ? memo : word end longest #=> "sheep"
Returns the first element, or the first n elements, of the enumerable. If the enumerable is empty, the first form returns nil, and the second form returns an empty array.
%w[foo bar baz].first #=> "foo" %w[foo bar baz].first(2) #=> ["foo", "bar"] %w[foo bar baz].first(10) #=> ["foo", "bar", "baz"] [].first #=> nil [].first(10) #=> []
Returns the object in enum with the minimum value. The first form assumes all objects implement Comparable; the second uses the block to return a <=> b.
a = %w(albatross dog horse) a.min #=> "albatross" a.min { |a, b| a.length <=> b.length } #=> "dog"
If the n argument is given, minimum n elements are returned as a sorted array.
a = %w[albatross dog horse] a.min(2) #=> ["albatross", "dog"] a.min(2) {|a, b| a.length <=> b.length } #=> ["dog", "horse"] [5, 1, 3, 4, 2].min(3) #=> [1, 2, 3]
Returns a two element array which contains the minimum and the maximum value in the enumerable. The first form assumes all objects implement Comparable; the second uses the block to return a <=> b.
a = %w(albatross dog horse) a.minmax #=> ["albatross", "horse"] a.minmax { |a, b| a.length <=> b.length } #=> ["dog", "albatross"]
Returns true if any member of enum equals obj. Equality is tested using ==.
IO.constants.include? :SEEK_SET #=> true IO.constants.include? :SEEK_NO_FURTHER #=> false IO.constants.member? :SEEK_SET #=> true IO.constants.member? :SEEK_NO_FURTHER #=> false
Computes the sine of decimal to the specified number of digits of precision, numeric.
If decimal is Infinity or NaN, returns NaN.
BigMath.sin(BigMath.PI(5)/4, 5).to_s #=> "0.70710678118654752440082036563292800375e0"
Enables coverage measurement.
Returns the short user name of the currently logged in user. Unfortunately, it is often rather easy to fool ::getlogin.
Avoid ::getlogin for security-related purposes.
If ::getlogin fails, try ::getpwuid.
See the unix manpage for getpwuid(3) for more detail.
e.g.
Etc.getlogin -> 'guest'
Returns system temporary directory; typically “/tmp”.
Returns a Digest subclass by name.
require 'openssl' OpenSSL::Digest("MD5") # => OpenSSL::Digest::MD5 Digest("Foo") # => NameError: wrong constant name Foo
Returns a Digest subclass by name.
require 'openssl' OpenSSL::Digest("MD5") # => OpenSSL::Digest::MD5 Digest("Foo") # => NameError: wrong constant name Foo
Shows the prompt and reads the inputted line with line editing. The inputted line is added to the history if add_hist is true.
Returns nil when the inputted line is empty and user inputs EOF (Presses ^D on UNIX).
Raises IOError exception if one of below conditions are satisfied.
stdin was closed.
stdout was closed.
This method supports thread. Switches the thread context when waits inputting line.
Supports line edit when inputs line. Provides VI and Emacs editing mode. Default is Emacs editing mode.
NOTE: Terminates ruby interpreter and does not return the terminal status after user pressed ‘^C’ when wait inputting line. Give 3 examples that avoid it.
Catches the Interrupt exception by pressed ^C after returns terminal status:
require "readline"
stty_save = `stty -g`.chomp
begin
while buf = Readline.readline
p buf
end
rescue Interrupt
system("stty", stty_save)
exit
end
end
end
Catches the INT signal by pressed ^C after returns terminal status:
require "readline" stty_save = `stty -g`.chomp trap("INT") { system "stty", stty_save; exit } while buf = Readline.readline p buf end
Ignores pressing ^C:
require "readline" trap("INT", "SIG_IGN") while buf = Readline.readline p buf end
Can make as follows with Readline::HISTORY constant. It does not record to the history if the inputted line is empty or the same it as last one.
require "readline" while buf = Readline.readline("> ", true) # p Readline::HISTORY.to_a Readline::HISTORY.pop if /^\s*$/ =~ buf begin if Readline::HISTORY[Readline::HISTORY.length-2] == buf Readline::HISTORY.pop end rescue IndexError end # p Readline::HISTORY.to_a print "-> ", buf, "\n" end
Specifies a File object input that is input stream for Readline.readline method.
Returns the index of the current cursor position in Readline.line_buffer.
The index in Readline.line_buffer which matches the start of input-string passed to completion_proc is computed by subtracting the length of input-string from Readline.point.
start = (the length of input-string) - Readline.point
Raises NotImplementedError if the using readline library does not support.
Set the index of the current cursor position in Readline.line_buffer.
Raises NotImplementedError if the using readline library does not support.
See Readline.point.
Returns an inspect() string summarizing the object state.
Decompresses string. Raises a Zlib::NeedDict exception if a preset dictionary is needed for decompression.
This method is almost equivalent to the following code:
def inflate(string) zstream = Zlib::Inflate.new buf = zstream.inflate(string) zstream.finish zstream.close buf end
See also Zlib.deflate
Return true if the named file exists.
file_name can be an IO object.
“file exists” means that stat() or fstat() system call is successful.