Returns variable kind string.
tobj = WIN32OLE_TYPE.new('Microsoft Excel 9.0 Object Library', 'XlSheetType') variables = tobj.variables variables.each do |variable| puts "#{variable.name} #{variable.variable_kind}" end The result of above script is following: xlChart CONSTANT xlDialogSheet CONSTANT xlExcel4IntlMacroSheet CONSTANT xlExcel4MacroSheet CONSTANT xlWorksheet CONSTANT
Evaluates a string containing Ruby source code, or the given block, within the context of the receiver (obj). In order to set the context, the variable self
is set to obj while the code is executing, giving the code access to obj’s instance variables and private methods.
When instance_eval
is given a block, obj is also passed in as the block’s only argument.
When instance_eval
is given a String
, the optional second and third parameters supply a filename and starting line number that are used when reporting compilation errors.
class KlassWithSecret def initialize @secret = 99 end private def the_secret "Ssssh! The secret is #{@secret}." end end k = KlassWithSecret.new k.instance_eval { @secret } #=> 99 k.instance_eval { the_secret } #=> "Ssssh! The secret is 99." k.instance_eval {|obj| obj == self } #=> true
Executes the given block within the context of the receiver (obj). In order to set the context, the variable self
is set to obj while the code is executing, giving the code access to obj’s instance variables. Arguments are passed as block parameters.
class KlassWithSecret def initialize @secret = 99 end end k = KlassWithSecret.new k.instance_exec(5) {|x| @secret+x } #=> 104
Invoked by Ruby when obj is sent a message it cannot handle. symbol is the symbol for the method called, and args are any arguments that were passed to it. By default, the interpreter raises an error when this method is called. However, it is possible to override the method to provide more dynamic behavior. If it is decided that a particular method should not be handled, then super should be called, so that ancestors can pick up the missing method. The example below creates a class Roman
, which responds to methods with names consisting of roman numerals, returning the corresponding integer values.
class Roman def roman_to_int(str) # ... end def method_missing(methId) str = methId.id2name roman_to_int(str) end end r = Roman.new r.iv #=> 4 r.xxiii #=> 23 r.mm #=> 2000
Returns the external encoding for files read from ARGF
as an Encoding
object. The external encoding is the encoding of the text as stored in a file. Contrast with ARGF.internal_encoding
, which is the encoding used to represent this text within Ruby.
To set the external encoding use ARGF.set_encoding
.
For example:
ARGF.external_encoding #=> #<Encoding:UTF-8>
If single argument is specified, strings read from ARGF
are tagged with the encoding specified.
If two encoding names separated by a colon are given, e.g. “ascii:utf-8”, the read string is converted from the first encoding (external encoding) to the second encoding (internal encoding), then tagged with the second encoding.
If two arguments are specified, they must be encoding objects or encoding names. Again, the first specifies the external encoding; the second specifies the internal encoding.
If the external encoding and the internal encoding are specified, the optional Hash
argument can be used to adjust the conversion process. The structure of this hash is explained in the String#encode
documentation.
For example:
ARGF.set_encoding('ascii') # Tag the input as US-ASCII text ARGF.set_encoding(Encoding::UTF_8) # Tag the input as UTF-8 text ARGF.set_encoding('utf-8','ascii') # Transcode the input from US-ASCII # to UTF-8.
Returns true
if illegal input is handled. See CSV::new
for details.
Returns the encoding of the internal IO
object.
Handles the magic of delegation through _getobj_.
Returns the submatrix obtained by deleting the specified row and column.
Matrix.diagonal(9, 5, -3, 4).first_minor(1, 2) => 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Explicit conversion to a Matrix
. Returns self
Return a single-column matrix from this vector
Raises PStore::Error
if the calling code is not in a PStore#transaction
.
Returns the original name of the method.
class C def foo; end alias bar foo end C.instance_method(:bar).original_name # => :foo
Returns the original name of the method.
class C def foo; end alias bar foo end C.instance_method(:bar).original_name # => :foo
Returns the number of threads waiting on the queue.
Returns the number of threads waiting on the queue.
Compares each entry in enum with value or passes to block. Returns the index for the first for which the evaluated value is non-false. If no object matches, returns nil
If neither block nor argument is given, an enumerator is returned instead.
(1..10).find_index { |i| i % 5 == 0 and i % 7 == 0 } #=> nil (1..100).find_index { |i| i % 5 == 0 and i % 7 == 0 } #=> 34 (1..100).find_index(50) #=> 49
Adds aProc as a finalizer, to be called after obj was destroyed. The object ID of the obj will be passed as an argument to aProc. If aProc is a lambda or method, make sure it can be called with a single argument.
Removes all finalizers for obj.
Parse a YAML string in yaml
. Returns the Psych::Nodes::Stream
. This method can handle multiple YAML documents contained in yaml
. filename
is used in the exception message if a Psych::SyntaxError
is raised.
If a block is given, a Psych::Nodes::Document
node will be yielded to the block as it’s being parsed.
Raises a Psych::SyntaxError
when a YAML syntax error is detected.
Example:
Psych.parse_stream("---\n - a\n - b") # => #<Psych::Nodes::Stream:0x00> Psych.parse_stream("--- a\n--- b") do |node| node # => #<Psych::Nodes::Document:0x00> end begin Psych.parse_stream("--- `", filename: "file.txt") rescue Psych::SyntaxError => ex ex.file # => 'file.txt' ex.message # => "(file.txt): found character that cannot start any token" end
Raises a TypeError
when NilClass
is passed.
See Psych::Nodes
for more information about YAML AST.
Dump a list of objects as separate documents to a document stream.
Example:
Psych.dump_stream("foo\n ", {}) # => "--- ! \"foo\\n \"\n--- {}\n"
Load multiple documents given in yaml
. Returns the parsed documents as a list. If a block is given, each document will be converted to Ruby and passed to the block during parsing
Example:
Psych.load_stream("--- foo\n...\n--- bar\n...") # => ['foo', 'bar'] list = [] Psych.load_stream("--- foo\n...\n--- bar\n...") do |ruby| list << ruby end list # => ['foo', 'bar']