Returns the number of elements.
If an argument is given, counts the number of elements which equal obj using ==.
If a block is given, counts the number of elements for which the block returns a true value.
ary = [1, 2, 4, 2] ary.count #=> 4 ary.count(2) #=> 2 ary.count { |x| x%2 == 0 } #=> 3
Deprecated method that is equivalent to taint.
Deprecated method that is equivalent to tainted?.
Returns int truncated (toward zero) to a precision of ndigits decimal digits (default: 0).
When the precision is negative, the returned value is an integer with at least ndigits.abs trailing zeros.
Returns self when ndigits is zero or positive.
1.truncate #=> 1 1.truncate(2) #=> 1 18.truncate(-1) #=> 10 (-18).truncate(-1) #=> -10
Returns int rounded to the nearest value with a precision of ndigits decimal digits (default: 0).
When the precision is negative, the returned value is an integer with at least ndigits.abs trailing zeros.
Returns self when ndigits is zero or positive.
1.round #=> 1 1.round(2) #=> 1 15.round(-1) #=> 20 (-15).round(-1) #=> -20
The optional half keyword argument is available similar to Float#round.
25.round(-1, half: :up) #=> 30 25.round(-1, half: :down) #=> 20 25.round(-1, half: :even) #=> 20 35.round(-1, half: :up) #=> 40 35.round(-1, half: :down) #=> 30 35.round(-1, half: :even) #=> 40 (-25).round(-1, half: :up) #=> -30 (-25).round(-1, half: :down) #=> -20 (-25).round(-1, half: :even) #=> -20
Returns the absolute value of int.
(-12345).abs #=> 12345 -12345.abs #=> 12345 12345.abs #=> 12345
Integer#magnitude is an alias for Integer#abs.
Returns the absolute part of its polar form.
Complex(-1).abs #=> 1 Complex(3.0, -4.0).abs #=> 5.0
Returns true if cmp‘s magnitude is a finite number, otherwise returns false.
Returns values corresponding to the value of cmp‘s magnitude:
finite
nil
+Infinity
+1
For example: (1+1i).infinite? #=> nil (Float::INFINITY + 1i).infinite? #=> 1
Only the object nil responds true to nil?.
Returns the absolute value of num.
12.abs #=> 12 (-34.56).abs #=> 34.56 -34.56.abs #=> 34.56
Numeric#magnitude is an alias for Numeric#abs.
Returns true if num is a finite number, otherwise returns false.
Returns nil, -1, or 1 depending on whether the value is finite, -Infinity, or +Infinity.
Returns num rounded to the nearest value with a precision of ndigits decimal digits (default: 0).
Numeric implements this by converting its value to a Float and invoking Float#round.
Returns num truncated (toward zero) to a precision of ndigits decimal digits (default: 0).
Numeric implements this by converting its value to a Float and invoking Float#truncate.
Decodes str (which may contain binary data) according to the format string, returning an array of each value extracted. The format string consists of a sequence of single-character directives, summarized in the table at the end of this entry. Each directive may be followed by a number, indicating the number of times to repeat with this directive. An asterisk (“*”) will use up all remaining elements. The directives sSiIlL may each be followed by an underscore (“_”) or exclamation mark (“!”) to use the underlying platform’s native size for the specified type; otherwise, it uses a platform-independent consistent size. Spaces are ignored in the format string. See also String#unpack1, Array#pack.
"abc \0\0abc \0\0".unpack('A6Z6') #=> ["abc", "abc "] "abc \0\0".unpack('a3a3') #=> ["abc", " \000\000"] "abc \0abc \0".unpack('Z*Z*') #=> ["abc ", "abc "] "aa".unpack('b8B8') #=> ["10000110", "01100001"] "aaa".unpack('h2H2c') #=> ["16", "61", 97] "\xfe\xff\xfe\xff".unpack('sS') #=> [-2, 65534] "now=20is".unpack('M*') #=> ["now is"] "whole".unpack('xax2aX2aX1aX2a') #=> ["h", "e", "l", "l", "o"]
This table summarizes the various formats and the Ruby classes returned by each.
Integer | |
Directive | Returns | Meaning
------------------------------------------------------------------
C | Integer | 8-bit unsigned (unsigned char)
S | Integer | 16-bit unsigned, native endian (uint16_t)
L | Integer | 32-bit unsigned, native endian (uint32_t)
Q | Integer | 64-bit unsigned, native endian (uint64_t)
J | Integer | pointer width unsigned, native endian (uintptr_t)
| |
c | Integer | 8-bit signed (signed char)
s | Integer | 16-bit signed, native endian (int16_t)
l | Integer | 32-bit signed, native endian (int32_t)
q | Integer | 64-bit signed, native endian (int64_t)
j | Integer | pointer width signed, native endian (intptr_t)
| |
S_ S! | Integer | unsigned short, native endian
I I_ I! | Integer | unsigned int, native endian
L_ L! | Integer | unsigned long, native endian
Q_ Q! | Integer | unsigned long long, native endian (ArgumentError
| | if the platform has no long long type.)
J! | Integer | uintptr_t, native endian (same with J)
| |
s_ s! | Integer | signed short, native endian
i i_ i! | Integer | signed int, native endian
l_ l! | Integer | signed long, native endian
q_ q! | Integer | signed long long, native endian (ArgumentError
| | if the platform has no long long type.)
j! | Integer | intptr_t, native endian (same with j)
| |
S> s> S!> s!> | Integer | same as the directives without ">" except
L> l> L!> l!> | | big endian
I!> i!> | |
Q> q> Q!> q!> | | "S>" is same as "n"
J> j> J!> j!> | | "L>" is same as "N"
| |
S< s< S!< s!< | Integer | same as the directives without "<" except
L< l< L!< l!< | | little endian
I!< i!< | |
Q< q< Q!< q!< | | "S<" is same as "v"
J< j< J!< j!< | | "L<" is same as "V"
| |
n | Integer | 16-bit unsigned, network (big-endian) byte order
N | Integer | 32-bit unsigned, network (big-endian) byte order
v | Integer | 16-bit unsigned, VAX (little-endian) byte order
V | Integer | 32-bit unsigned, VAX (little-endian) byte order
| |
U | Integer | UTF-8 character
w | Integer | BER-compressed integer (see Array.pack)
Float | |
Directive | Returns | Meaning
-----------------------------------------------------------------
D d | Float | double-precision, native format
F f | Float | single-precision, native format
E | Float | double-precision, little-endian byte order
e | Float | single-precision, little-endian byte order
G | Float | double-precision, network (big-endian) byte order
g | Float | single-precision, network (big-endian) byte order
String | |
Directive | Returns | Meaning
-----------------------------------------------------------------
A | String | arbitrary binary string (remove trailing nulls and ASCII spaces)
a | String | arbitrary binary string
Z | String | null-terminated string
B | String | bit string (MSB first)
b | String | bit string (LSB first)
H | String | hex string (high nibble first)
h | String | hex string (low nibble first)
u | String | UU-encoded string
M | String | quoted-printable, MIME encoding (see RFC2045)
m | String | base64 encoded string (RFC 2045) (default)
| | base64 encoded string (RFC 4648) if followed by 0
P | String | pointer to a structure (fixed-length string)
p | String | pointer to a null-terminated string
Misc. | |
Directive | Returns | Meaning
-----------------------------------------------------------------
@ | --- | skip to the offset given by the length argument
X | --- | skip backward one byte
x | --- | skip forward one byte
HISTORY
J, J! j, and j! are available since Ruby 2.3.
Q_, Q!, q_, and q! are available since Ruby 2.1.
I!<, i!<, I!>, and i!> are available since Ruby 1.9.3.
Decodes str (which may contain binary data) according to the format string, returning the first value extracted. See also String#unpack, Array#pack.
Produces unescaped version of str. See also String#dump because String#undump does inverse of String#dump.
"\"hello \\n ''\"".undump #=> "hello \n ''"
Each other_str parameter defines a set of characters to count. The intersection of these sets defines the characters to count in str. Any other_str that starts with a caret ^ is negated. The sequence c1-c2 means all characters between c1 and c2. The backslash character \ can be used to escape ^ or - and is otherwise ignored unless it appears at the end of a sequence or the end of a other_str.
a = "hello world" a.count "lo" #=> 5 a.count "lo", "o" #=> 2 a.count "hello", "^l" #=> 4 a.count "ej-m" #=> 4 "hello^world".count "\\^aeiou" #=> 4 "hello-world".count "a\\-eo" #=> 4 c = "hello world\\r\\n" c.count "\\" #=> 2 c.count "\\A" #=> 0 c.count "X-\\w" #=> 3
Returns the absolute value of float.
(-34.56).abs #=> 34.56 -34.56.abs #=> 34.56 34.56.abs #=> 34.56
Float#magnitude is an alias for Float#abs.
Returns float rounded to the nearest value with a precision of ndigits decimal digits (default: 0).
When the precision is negative, the returned value is an integer with at least ndigits.abs trailing zeros.
Returns a floating point number when ndigits is positive, otherwise returns an integer.
1.4.round #=> 1 1.5.round #=> 2 1.6.round #=> 2 (-1.5).round #=> -2 1.234567.round(2) #=> 1.23 1.234567.round(3) #=> 1.235 1.234567.round(4) #=> 1.2346 1.234567.round(5) #=> 1.23457 34567.89.round(-5) #=> 0 34567.89.round(-4) #=> 30000 34567.89.round(-3) #=> 35000 34567.89.round(-2) #=> 34600 34567.89.round(-1) #=> 34570 34567.89.round(0) #=> 34568 34567.89.round(1) #=> 34567.9 34567.89.round(2) #=> 34567.89 34567.89.round(3) #=> 34567.89
If the optional half keyword argument is given, numbers that are half-way between two possible rounded values will be rounded according to the specified tie-breaking mode:
:up or nil: round half away from zero (default)
:down: round half toward zero
:even: round half toward the nearest even number
2.5.round(half: :up) #=> 3 2.5.round(half: :down) #=> 2 2.5.round(half: :even) #=> 2 3.5.round(half: :up) #=> 4 3.5.round(half: :down) #=> 3 3.5.round(half: :even) #=> 4 (-2.5).round(half: :up) #=> -3 (-2.5).round(half: :down) #=> -2 (-2.5).round(half: :even) #=> -2
Returns float truncated (toward zero) to a precision of ndigits decimal digits (default: 0).
When the precision is negative, the returned value is an integer with at least ndigits.abs trailing zeros.
Returns a floating point number when ndigits is positive, otherwise returns an integer.
2.8.truncate #=> 2 (-2.8).truncate #=> -2 1.234567.truncate(2) #=> 1.23 34567.89.truncate(-2) #=> 34500
Note that the limited precision of floating point arithmetic might lead to surprising results:
(0.3 / 0.1).truncate #=> 2 (!)
Returns nil, -1, or 1 depending on whether the value is finite, -Infinity, or +Infinity.
(0.0).infinite? #=> nil (-1.0/0.0).infinite? #=> -1 (+1.0/0.0).infinite? #=> 1