Returns a File::Stat object for the named file (see File::Stat).
File.stat("testfile").mtime #=> Tue Apr 08 12:58:04 CDT 2003
Same as File::stat, but does not follow the last symbolic link. Instead, reports on the link itself.
File.symlink("testfile", "link2test") #=> 0 File.stat("testfile").size #=> 66 File.lstat("link2test").size #=> 8 File.stat("link2test").size #=> 66
Same as IO#stat, but does not follow the last symbolic link. Instead, reports on the link itself.
File.symlink("testfile", "link2test") #=> 0 File.stat("testfile").size #=> 66 f = File.new("link2test") f.lstat.size #=> 8 f.stat.size #=> 66
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.
Deprecated method. Don’t use.
Returns true if the named file has the sticky bit set.
Returns a string which represents the encoding for programmers.
Encoding::UTF_8.inspect #=> "#<Encoding:UTF-8>" Encoding::ISO_2022_JP.inspect #=> "#<Encoding:ISO-2022-JP (dummy)>"
Returns the list of loaded encodings.
Encoding.list #=> [#<Encoding:ASCII-8BIT>, #<Encoding:UTF-8>, #<Encoding:ISO-2022-JP (dummy)>] Encoding.find("US-ASCII") #=> #<Encoding:US-ASCII> Encoding.list #=> [#<Encoding:ASCII-8BIT>, #<Encoding:UTF-8>, #<Encoding:US-ASCII>, #<Encoding:ISO-2022-JP (dummy)>]
Checks the compatibility of two objects.
If the objects are both strings they are compatible when they are concatenatable. The encoding of the concatenated string will be returned if they are compatible, nil if they are not.
Encoding.compatible?("\xa1".force_encoding("iso-8859-1"), "b") #=> #<Encoding:ISO-8859-1> Encoding.compatible?( "\xa1".force_encoding("iso-8859-1"), "\xa1\xa1".force_encoding("euc-jp")) #=> nil
If the objects are non-strings their encodings are compatible when they have an encoding and:
Either encoding is US-ASCII compatible
One of the encodings is a 7-bit encoding
Creates a printable version of e.
With no argument, or if the argument is the same as the receiver, return the receiver. Otherwise, create a new exception object of the same class as the receiver, but with a message equal to string.to_str.
With no argument, or if the argument is the same as the receiver, return the receiver. Otherwise, create a new exception object of the same class as the receiver, but with a message equal to string.to_str.
Return this exception’s class name and message
Return the status value associated with this system exit.
Returns the list of Modules nested at the point of call.
module M1 module M2 $a = Module.nesting end end $a #=> [M1::M2, M1] $a[0].name #=> "M1::M2"
Returns a list of modules included/prepended in mod (including mod itself).
module Mod include Math include Comparable prepend Enumerable end Mod.ancestors #=> [Enumerable, Mod, Comparable, Math] Math.ancestors #=> [Math] Enumerable.ancestors #=> [Enumerable]
Returns a string representing this module or class. For basic classes and modules, this is the name. For singletons, we show information on the thing we’re attached to as well.
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.
Returns debugging information about the value as a string of comma-separated values in angle brackets with a leading #:
BigDecimal.new("1234.5678").inspect #=> "0.12345678e4"
The first part is the address, the second is the value as a string, and the final part ss(mm) is the current number of significant digits and the maximum number of significant digits, respectively.
Returns the exponent of the BigDecimal number, as an Integer.
If the number can be represented as 0.xxxxxx*10**n where xxxxxx is a string of digits with no leading zeros, then n is the exponent.
Returns a simpler approximation of the value if the optional argument eps is given (rat-|eps| <= result <= rat+|eps|), self otherwise.
r = Rational(5033165, 16777216) r.rationalize #=> (5033165/16777216) r.rationalize(Rational('0.01')) #=> (3/10) r.rationalize(Rational('0.1')) #=> (1/3)
Returns the value as a string for inspection.
Rational(2).inspect #=> "(2/1)" Rational(-8, 6).inspect #=> "(-4/3)" Rational('1/2').inspect #=> "(1/2)"
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 ...>
Parses the given representation of date and time with the given template, and returns a hash of parsed elements. _strptime does not support specification of flags and width unlike strftime.
Date._strptime('2001-02-03', '%Y-%m-%d') #=> {:year=>2001, :mon=>2, :mday=>3}
See also strptime(3) and strftime.