Return the arguments passed in as the third parameter to the constructor.
In the first form, returns an array of the names of all constants accessible from the point of call. This list includes the names of all modules and classes defined in the global scope.
Module.constants.first(4) # => [:ARGF, :ARGV, :ArgumentError, :Array] Module.constants.include?(:SEEK_SET) # => false class IO Module.constants.include?(:SEEK_SET) # => true end
The second form calls the instance method constants.
Returns an array of the names of the constants accessible in mod. This includes the names of constants in any included modules (example at start of section), unless the inherit parameter is set to false.
The implementation makes no guarantees about the order in which the constants are yielded.
IO.constants.include?(:SYNC) #=> true IO.constants(false).include?(:SYNC) #=> false
Also see Module::const_defined?.
Limit the number of significant digits in newly created BigDecimal numbers to the specified value. Rounding is performed as necessary, as specified by BigDecimal.mode.
A limit of 0, the default, means no upper limit.
The limit specified by this method takes less priority over any limit specified to instance methods such as ceil, floor, truncate, or round.
Splits a BigDecimal number into four parts, returned as an array of values.
The first value represents the sign of the BigDecimal, and is -1 or 1, or 0 if the BigDecimal is Not a Number.
The second value is a string representing the significant digits of the BigDecimal, with no leading zeros.
The third value is the base used for arithmetic (currently always 10) as an Integer.
The fourth value is an Integer exponent.
If the BigDecimal can be represented as 0.xxxxxx*10**n, then xxxxxx is the string of significant digits with no leading zeros, and n is the exponent.
From these values, you can translate a BigDecimal to a float as follows:
sign, significant_digits, base, exponent = a.split f = sign * "0.#{significant_digits}".to_f * (base ** exponent)
(Note that the to_f method is provided as a more convenient way to translate a BigDecimal to a Float.)
Returns self if the value is non-zero, nil otherwise.
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 nil, -1, or +1 depending on whether the value is finite, -Infinity, or +Infinity.
Returns True if the value is finite (not NaN or infinite).
Returns the absolute value of rat.
(1/2r).abs #=> (1/2) (-1/2r).abs #=> (1/2)
Rational#magnitude is an alias for Rational#abs.
Returns the calendar week based year.
Date.new(2001,2,3).cwyear #=> 2001 Date.new(2000,1,1).cwyear #=> 1999
Returns true if the date is Monday.
This method is equivalent to new_start(Date::ITALY).
Returns the month of the year (1..12) for time.
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:27:30 -0600 t.mon #=> 11 t.month #=> 11
Returns the month of the year (1..12) for time.
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:27:30 -0600 t.mon #=> 11 t.month #=> 11
Returns the year for time (including the century).
t = Time.now #=> 2007-11-19 08:27:51 -0600 t.year #=> 2007
Returns the name of the time zone used for time. As of Ruby 1.8, returns “UTC” rather than “GMT” for UTC times.
t = Time.gm(2000, "jan", 1, 20, 15, 1) t.zone #=> "UTC" t = Time.local(2000, "jan", 1, 20, 15, 1) t.zone #=> "CST"