Returns an array of instance variable names for the receiver. Note that simply defining an accessor does not create the corresponding instance variable.
class Fred attr_accessor :a1 def initialize @iv = 3 end end Fred.new.instance_variables #=> [:@iv]
Returns true if obj is an instance of the given class. See also Object#kind_of?.
class A; end class B < A; end class C < B; end b = B.new b.instance_of? A #=> false b.instance_of? B #=> true b.instance_of? C #=> false
Returns true if str starts with one of the prefixes given.
"hello".start_with?("hell") #=> true # returns true if one of the prefixes matches. "hello".start_with?("heaven", "hell") #=> true "hello".start_with?("heaven", "paradise") #=> false
Returns the next representable floating point number.
Float::MAX.next_float and Float::INFINITY.next_float is Float::INFINITY.
Float::NAN.next_float is Float::NAN.
For example:
0.01.next_float #=> 0.010000000000000002 1.0.next_float #=> 1.0000000000000002 100.0.next_float #=> 100.00000000000001 0.01.next_float - 0.01 #=> 1.734723475976807e-18 1.0.next_float - 1.0 #=> 2.220446049250313e-16 100.0.next_float - 100.0 #=> 1.4210854715202004e-14 f = 0.01; 20.times { printf "%-20a %s\n", f, f.to_s; f = f.next_float } #=> 0x1.47ae147ae147bp-7 0.01 # 0x1.47ae147ae147cp-7 0.010000000000000002 # 0x1.47ae147ae147dp-7 0.010000000000000004 # 0x1.47ae147ae147ep-7 0.010000000000000005 # 0x1.47ae147ae147fp-7 0.010000000000000007 # 0x1.47ae147ae148p-7 0.010000000000000009 # 0x1.47ae147ae1481p-7 0.01000000000000001 # 0x1.47ae147ae1482p-7 0.010000000000000012 # 0x1.47ae147ae1483p-7 0.010000000000000014 # 0x1.47ae147ae1484p-7 0.010000000000000016 # 0x1.47ae147ae1485p-7 0.010000000000000018 # 0x1.47ae147ae1486p-7 0.01000000000000002 # 0x1.47ae147ae1487p-7 0.010000000000000021 # 0x1.47ae147ae1488p-7 0.010000000000000023 # 0x1.47ae147ae1489p-7 0.010000000000000024 # 0x1.47ae147ae148ap-7 0.010000000000000026 # 0x1.47ae147ae148bp-7 0.010000000000000028 # 0x1.47ae147ae148cp-7 0.01000000000000003 # 0x1.47ae147ae148dp-7 0.010000000000000031 # 0x1.47ae147ae148ep-7 0.010000000000000033 f = 0.0 100.times { f += 0.1 } f #=> 9.99999999999998 # should be 10.0 in the ideal world. 10-f #=> 1.9539925233402755e-14 # the floating point error. 10.0.next_float-10 #=> 1.7763568394002505e-15 # 1 ulp (unit in the last place). (10-f)/(10.0.next_float-10) #=> 11.0 # the error is 11 ulp. (10-f)/(10*Float::EPSILON) #=> 8.8 # approximation of the above. "%a" % 10 #=> "0x1.4p+3" "%a" % f #=> "0x1.3fffffffffff5p+3" # the last hex digit is 5. 16 - 5 = 11 ulp.
Returns the previous representable floating point number.
(-Float::MAX).prev_float and (-Float::INFINITY).prev_float is -Float::INFINITY.
Float::NAN.prev_float is Float::NAN.
For example:
0.01.prev_float #=> 0.009999999999999998 1.0.prev_float #=> 0.9999999999999999 100.0.prev_float #=> 99.99999999999999 0.01 - 0.01.prev_float #=> 1.734723475976807e-18 1.0 - 1.0.prev_float #=> 1.1102230246251565e-16 100.0 - 100.0.prev_float #=> 1.4210854715202004e-14 f = 0.01; 20.times { printf "%-20a %s\n", f, f.to_s; f = f.prev_float } #=> 0x1.47ae147ae147bp-7 0.01 # 0x1.47ae147ae147ap-7 0.009999999999999998 # 0x1.47ae147ae1479p-7 0.009999999999999997 # 0x1.47ae147ae1478p-7 0.009999999999999995 # 0x1.47ae147ae1477p-7 0.009999999999999993 # 0x1.47ae147ae1476p-7 0.009999999999999992 # 0x1.47ae147ae1475p-7 0.00999999999999999 # 0x1.47ae147ae1474p-7 0.009999999999999988 # 0x1.47ae147ae1473p-7 0.009999999999999986 # 0x1.47ae147ae1472p-7 0.009999999999999985 # 0x1.47ae147ae1471p-7 0.009999999999999983 # 0x1.47ae147ae147p-7 0.009999999999999981 # 0x1.47ae147ae146fp-7 0.00999999999999998 # 0x1.47ae147ae146ep-7 0.009999999999999978 # 0x1.47ae147ae146dp-7 0.009999999999999976 # 0x1.47ae147ae146cp-7 0.009999999999999974 # 0x1.47ae147ae146bp-7 0.009999999999999972 # 0x1.47ae147ae146ap-7 0.00999999999999997 # 0x1.47ae147ae1469p-7 0.009999999999999969 # 0x1.47ae147ae1468p-7 0.009999999999999967
Returns the path parameter passed to dir’s constructor.
d = Dir.new("..") d.path #=> ".."
Converts a pathname to an absolute pathname. Relative paths are referenced from the current working directory of the process unless dir_string is given, in which case it will be used as the starting point. The given pathname may start with a “~”, which expands to the process owner’s home directory (the environment variable HOME must be set correctly). “~user” expands to the named user’s home directory.
File.expand_path("~oracle/bin") #=> "/home/oracle/bin"
A simple example of using dir_string is as follows.
File.expand_path("ruby", "/usr/bin") #=> "/usr/bin/ruby"
A more complex example which also resolves parent directory is as follows. Suppose we are in bin/mygem and want the absolute path of lib/mygem.rb.
File.expand_path("../../lib/mygem.rb", __FILE__) #=> ".../path/to/project/lib/mygem.rb"
So first it resolves the parent of __FILE__, that is bin/, then go to the parent, the root of the project and appends lib/mygem.rb.
Converts a pathname to an absolute pathname. Relative paths are referenced from the current working directory of the process unless dir_string is given, in which case it will be used as the starting point. If the given pathname starts with a “~” it is NOT expanded, it is treated as a normal directory name.
File.absolute_path("~oracle/bin") #=> "<relative_path>/~oracle/bin"
Returns the pathname used to create file as a string. Does not normalize the name.
The pathname may not point to the file corresponding to file. For instance, the pathname becomes void when the file has been moved or deleted.
This method raises IOError for a file created using File::Constants::TMPFILE because they don’t have a pathname.
File.new("testfile").path #=> "testfile" File.new("/tmp/../tmp/xxx", "w").path #=> "/tmp/../tmp/xxx"
Returns true if the named file is readable by the real user and group id of this process. See access(3).
If file_name is readable 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_readable?("/etc/passwd") #=> 420 m = File.world_readable?("/etc/passwd") sprintf("%o", m) #=> "644"
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"
Returns true if the named file is executable by the real user and group id of this process. See access(3).
Returns whether ASCII-compatible or not.
Encoding::UTF_8.ascii_compatible? #=> true Encoding::UTF_16BE.ascii_compatible? #=> false
Returns any backtrace associated with the exception. This method is similar to Exception#backtrace, but the backtrace is an array of Thread::Backtrace::Location.
Now, this method is not affected by Exception#set_backtrace().
Deserializes JSON string by constructing new Exception object with message m and backtrace b serialized with to_json
When this module is included in another, Ruby calls append_features in this module, passing it the receiving module in mod. Ruby’s default implementation is to add the constants, methods, and module variables of this module to mod if this module has not already been added to mod or one of its ancestors. See also Module#include.
When this module is prepended in another, Ruby calls prepend_features in this module, passing it the receiving module in mod. Ruby’s default implementation is to overlay the constants, methods, and module variables of this module to mod if this module has not already been added to mod or one of its ancestors. See also Module#prepend.
Creates instance variables and corresponding methods that return the value of each instance variable. Equivalent to calling “attr:name” on each name in turn. String arguments are converted to symbols.
Creates an accessor method to allow assignment to the attribute symbol.id2name. String arguments are converted to symbols.
Defines a named attribute for this module, where the name is symbol.id2name, creating an instance variable (@name) and a corresponding access method to read it. Also creates a method called name= to set the attribute. String arguments are converted to symbols.
module Mod attr_accessor(:one, :two) end Mod.instance_methods.sort #=> [:one, :one=, :two, :two=]
Returns an array containing the names of the public and protected instance methods in the receiver. For a module, these are the public and protected methods; for a class, they are the instance (not singleton) methods. If the optional parameter is false, the methods of any ancestors are not included.
module A def method1() end end class B include A def method2() end end class C < B def method3() end end A.instance_methods(false) #=> [:method1] B.instance_methods(false) #=> [:method2] B.instance_methods(true).include?(:method1) #=> true C.instance_methods(false) #=> [:method3] C.instance_methods.include?(:method2) #=> true