Produces a shallow copy of obj—the instance variables of obj are copied, but not the objects they reference. clone copies the frozen (unless :freeze keyword argument is given with a false value) and tainted state of obj. See also the discussion under Object#dup.
class Klass attr_accessor :str end s1 = Klass.new #=> #<Klass:0x401b3a38> s1.str = "Hello" #=> "Hello" s2 = s1.clone #=> #<Klass:0x401b3998 @str="Hello"> s2.str[1,4] = "i" #=> "i" s1.inspect #=> "#<Klass:0x401b3a38 @str=\"Hi\">" s2.inspect #=> "#<Klass:0x401b3998 @str=\"Hi\">"
This method may have class-specific behavior. If so, that behavior will be documented under the #initialize_copy method of the class.
Returns the receiver.
string = "my string" string.itself.object_id == string.object_id #=> true
Invokes the method identified by symbol, passing it any arguments specified. You can use __send__ if the name send clashes with an existing method in obj. When the method is identified by a string, the string is converted to a symbol.
class Klass def hello(*args) "Hello " + args.join(' ') end end k = Klass.new k.send :hello, "gentle", "readers" #=> "Hello gentle readers"
Returns an array with both a numeric and a big represented as Bignum objects.
This is achieved by converting numeric to a Bignum.
A TypeError is raised if the numeric is not a Fixnum or Bignum type.
(0x3FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF+1).coerce(42) #=> [42, 4611686018427387904]
provides a unified clone operation, for REXML::XPathParser to use across multiple Object types
Since int is already an Integer, this always returns true.
Iterates the given block, passing in integer values from int up to and including limit.
If no block is given, an Enumerator is returned instead.
5.upto(10) {|i| print i, " " } #=> 5 6 7 8 9 10
Iterates the given block int times, passing in values from zero to int - 1.
If no block is given, an Enumerator is returned instead.
5.times {|i| print i, " " } #=> 0 1 2 3 4
Returns the remainder after dividing int by numeric.
x.remainder(y) means x-y*(x/y).truncate.
5.remainder(3) #=> 2 -5.remainder(3) #=> -2 5.remainder(-3) #=> 2 -5.remainder(-3) #=> -2 5.remainder(1.5) #=> 0.5
See Numeric#divmod.
Returns self.
Returns a complex object which denotes the given rectangular form.
Complex.rectangular(1, 2) #=> (1+2i)
Returns a complex object which denotes the given polar form.
Complex.polar(3, 0) #=> (3.0+0.0i) Complex.polar(3, Math::PI/2) #=> (1.836909530733566e-16+3.0i) Complex.polar(3, Math::PI) #=> (-3.0+3.673819061467132e-16i) Complex.polar(3, -Math::PI/2) #=> (1.836909530733566e-16-3.0i)
Returns the imaginary part.
Complex(7).imaginary #=> 0 Complex(9, -4).imaginary #=> -4
Returns the angle part of its polar form.
Complex.polar(3, Math::PI/2).arg #=> 1.5707963267948966
Returns the angle part of its polar form.
Complex.polar(3, Math::PI/2).arg #=> 1.5707963267948966
Returns an array; [cmp.abs, cmp.arg].
Complex(1, 2).polar #=> [2.23606797749979, 1.1071487177940904]
Returns the numerator.
1 2 3+4i <- numerator
- + -i -> ----
2 3 6 <- denominator
c = Complex('1/2+2/3i') #=> ((1/2)+(2/3)*i)
n = c.numerator #=> (3+4i)
d = c.denominator #=> 6
n / d #=> ((1/2)+(2/3)*i)
Complex(Rational(n.real, d), Rational(n.imag, d))
#=> ((1/2)+(2/3)*i)
See denominator.
Returns zero.
Returns 0 if the value is positive, pi otherwise.
Returns 0 if the value is positive, pi otherwise.
Returns an array; [num, 0].