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. 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 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 the locale charmap name. It returns nil if no appropriate information.
Debian GNU/Linux LANG=C Encoding.locale_charmap #=> "ANSI_X3.4-1968" LANG=ja_JP.EUC-JP Encoding.locale_charmap #=> "EUC-JP" SunOS 5 LANG=C Encoding.locale_charmap #=> "646" LANG=ja Encoding.locale_charmap #=> "eucJP"
The result is highly platform dependent. So Encoding.find(Encoding.locale_charmap)
may cause an error. If you need some encoding object even for unknown locale, Encoding.find
(“locale”) can be used.
Iterates the given block for each element with an index, which starts from offset
. If no block is given, returns a new Enumerator
that includes the index, starting from offset
offset
the starting index to use
Iterates the given block for each element with an arbitrary object, obj
, and returns obj
If no block is given, returns a new Enumerator
.
to_three = Enumerator.new do |y| 3.times do |x| y << x end end to_three_with_string = to_three.with_object("foo") to_three_with_string.each do |x,string| puts "#{string}: #{x}" end # => foo:0 # => foo:1 # => foo:2
Deserializes JSON
string by constructing new Exception
object with message m
and backtrace b
serialized with to_json
Returns a hash, that will be turned into a JSON
object and represent this object.
Return a list of the local variable names defined where this NameError
exception was raised.
Internal use only.
Creates an accessor method to allow assignment to the attribute symbol.id2name
. String arguments are converted to symbols.
Checks for a constant with the given name in mod. If inherit
is set, the lookup will also search the ancestors (and Object
if mod is a Module
).
The value of the constant is returned if a definition is found, otherwise a NameError
is raised.
Math.const_get(:PI) #=> 3.14159265358979
This method will recursively look up constant names if a namespaced class name is provided. For example:
module Foo; class Bar; end end Object.const_get 'Foo::Bar'
The inherit
flag is respected on each lookup. For example:
module Foo class Bar VAL = 10 end class Baz < Bar; end end Object.const_get 'Foo::Baz::VAL' # => 10 Object.const_get 'Foo::Baz::VAL', false # => NameError
If the argument is not a valid constant name a NameError
will be raised with a warning “wrong constant name”.
Object.const_get 'foobar' #=> NameError: wrong constant name foobar
Sets the named constant to the given object, returning that object. Creates a new constant if no constant with the given name previously existed.
Math.const_set("HIGH_SCHOOL_PI", 22.0/7.0) #=> 3.14285714285714 Math::HIGH_SCHOOL_PI - Math::PI #=> 0.00126448926734968
If sym
or str
is not a valid constant name a NameError
will be raised with a warning “wrong constant name”.
Object.const_set('foobar', 42) #=> NameError: wrong constant name foobar
Says whether mod or its ancestors have a constant with the given name:
Float.const_defined?(:EPSILON) #=> true, found in Float itself Float.const_defined?("String") #=> true, found in Object (ancestor) BasicObject.const_defined?(:Hash) #=> false
If mod is a Module
, additionally Object
and its ancestors are checked:
Math.const_defined?(:String) #=> true, found in Object
In each of the checked classes or modules, if the constant is not present but there is an autoload for it, true
is returned directly without autoloading:
module Admin autoload :User, 'admin/user' end Admin.const_defined?(:User) #=> true
If the constant is not found the callback const_missing
is not called and the method returns false
.
If inherit
is false, the lookup only checks the constants in the receiver:
IO.const_defined?(:SYNC) #=> true, found in File::Constants (ancestor) IO.const_defined?(:SYNC, false) #=> false, not found in IO itself
In this case, the same logic for autoloading applies.
If the argument is not a valid constant name a NameError
is raised with the message “wrong constant name name”:
Hash.const_defined? 'foobar' #=> NameError: wrong constant name foobar
Removes the definition of the given constant, returning that constant’s previous value. If that constant referred to a module, this will not change that module’s name and can lead to confusion.
Invoked when a reference is made to an undefined constant in mod. It is passed a symbol for the undefined constant, and returns a value to be used for that constant. The following code is an example of the same:
def Foo.const_missing(name) name # return the constant name as Symbol end Foo::UNDEFINED_CONST #=> :UNDEFINED_CONST: symbol returned
In the next example when a reference is made to an undefined constant, it attempts to load a file whose name is the lowercase version of the constant (thus class Fred
is assumed to be in file fred.rb
). If found, it returns the loaded class. It therefore implements an autoload feature similar to Kernel#autoload
and Module#autoload
.
def Object.const_missing(name) @looked_for ||= {} str_name = name.to_s raise "Class not found: #{name}" if @looked_for[str_name] @looked_for[str_name] = 1 file = str_name.downcase require file klass = const_get(name) return klass if klass raise "Class not found: #{name}" end
Returns an array of the names of class variables in mod. This includes the names of class variables in any included modules, unless the inherit parameter is set to false
.
class One @@var1 = 1 end class Two < One @@var2 = 2 end One.class_variables #=> [:@@var1] Two.class_variables #=> [:@@var2, :@@var1] Two.class_variables(false) #=> [:@@var2]
Makes a list of existing constants public.
Makes a list of existing constants private.
Makes a list of existing constants deprecated.
Returns true
if mod is a singleton class or false
if it is an ordinary class or module.
class C end C.singleton_class? #=> false C.singleton_class.singleton_class? #=> true
Execute the provided block, but preserve the precision limit
BigDecimal.limit(100) puts BigDecimal.limit BigDecimal.save_limit do BigDecimal.limit(200) puts BigDecimal.limit end puts BigDecimal.limit
Converts a BigDecimal
to a String of the form “nnnnnn.mmm”. This method is deprecated; use BigDecimal#to_s
(“F”) instead.
require 'bigdecimal/util' d = BigDecimal("3.14") d.to_digits # => "3.14"