Centers str
in width
. If width
is greater than the length of str
, returns a new String
of length width
with str
centered and padded with padstr
; otherwise, returns str
.
"hello".center(4) #=> "hello" "hello".center(20) #=> " hello " "hello".center(20, '123') #=> "1231231hello12312312"
provides a unified clone
operation, for REXML::XPathParser
to use across multiple Object
types
Returns an array with both numeric
and float
represented as Float
objects.
This is achieved by converting numeric
to a Float
.
1.2.coerce(3) #=> [3.0, 1.2] 2.5.coerce(1.1) #=> [1.1, 2.5]
Returns the modulo after division of float
by other
.
6543.21.modulo(137) #=> 104.21000000000004 6543.21.modulo(137.24) #=> 92.92999999999961
Returns true
if float
is 0.0.
Returns the largest number less than or equal to float
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.
1.2.floor #=> 1 2.0.floor #=> 2 (-1.2).floor #=> -2 (-2.0).floor #=> -2 1.234567.floor(2) #=> 1.23 1.234567.floor(3) #=> 1.234 1.234567.floor(4) #=> 1.2345 1.234567.floor(5) #=> 1.23456 34567.89.floor(-5) #=> 0 34567.89.floor(-4) #=> 30000 34567.89.floor(-3) #=> 34000 34567.89.floor(-2) #=> 34500 34567.89.floor(-1) #=> 34560 34567.89.floor(0) #=> 34567 34567.89.floor(1) #=> 34567.8 34567.89.floor(2) #=> 34567.89 34567.89.floor(3) #=> 34567.89
Note that the limited precision of floating point arithmetic might lead to surprising results:
(0.3 / 0.1).floor #=> 2 (!)
Returns the numerator. The result is machine dependent.
n = 0.3.numerator #=> 5404319552844595 d = 0.3.denominator #=> 18014398509481984 n.fdiv(d) #=> 0.3
See also Float#denominator
.
Transfer control to another fiber, resuming it from where it last stopped or starting it if it was not resumed before. The calling fiber will be suspended much like in a call to Fiber.yield
. You need to require 'fiber'
before using this method.
The fiber which receives the transfer call is treats it much like a resume call. Arguments passed to transfer are treated like those passed to resume.
You cannot call resume
on a fiber that has been transferred to. If you call transfer
on a fiber, and later call resume
on the the fiber, a FiberError
will be raised. Once you call transfer
on a fiber, the only way to resume processing the fiber is to call transfer
on it again.
Example:
fiber1 = Fiber.new do puts "In Fiber 1" Fiber.yield puts "In Fiber 1 again" end fiber2 = Fiber.new do puts "In Fiber 2" fiber1.transfer puts "Never see this message" end fiber3 = Fiber.new do puts "In Fiber 3" end fiber2.resume fiber3.resume fiber1.resume rescue (p $!) fiber1.transfer
produces
In Fiber 2 In Fiber 1 In Fiber 3 #<FiberError: cannot resume transferred Fiber> In Fiber 1 again
Closes the directory stream. Calling this method on closed Dir
object is ignored since Ruby 2.3.
d = Dir.new("testdir") d.close #=> nil
Returns the path to the current working directory of this process as a string.
Dir.chdir("/tmp") #=> 0 Dir.getwd #=> "/tmp" Dir.pwd #=> "/tmp"
Expands pattern
, which is a pattern string or an Array
of pattern strings, and returns an array containing the matching filenames. If a block is given, calls the block once for each matching filename, passing the filename as a parameter to the block.
The optional base
keyword argument specifies the base directory for interpreting relative pathnames instead of the current working directory. As the results are not prefixed with the base directory name in this case, you will need to prepend the base directory name if you want real paths.
Note that the pattern is not a regexp, it’s closer to a shell glob. See File::fnmatch
for the meaning of the flags
parameter. Case sensitivity depends on your system (File::FNM_CASEFOLD is ignored), as does the order in which the results are returned.
*
Matches any file. Can be restricted by other values in the glob. Equivalent to / .* /mx
in regexp.
*
Matches all files
c*
Matches all files beginning with c
*c
Matches all files ending with c
*c*
Match all files that have c
in them (including at the beginning or end).
Note, this will not match Unix-like hidden files (dotfiles). In order to include those in the match results, you must use the File::FNM_DOTMATCH flag or something like "{*,.*}"
.
**
Matches directories recursively.
?
Matches any one character. Equivalent to /.{1}/
in regexp.
[set]
Matches any one character in set
. Behaves exactly like character sets in Regexp
, including set negation ([^a-z]
).
{p,q}
Matches either literal p
or literal q
. Equivalent to pattern alternation in regexp.
Matching literals may be more than one character in length. More than two literals may be specified.
\
Escapes the next metacharacter.
Note that this means you cannot use backslash on windows as part of a glob, i.e. Dir["c:\foo*"]
will not work, use Dir["c:/foo*"]
instead.
Examples:
Dir["config.?"] #=> ["config.h"] Dir.glob("config.?") #=> ["config.h"] Dir.glob("*.[a-z][a-z]") #=> ["main.rb"] Dir.glob("*.[^r]*") #=> ["config.h"] Dir.glob("*.{rb,h}") #=> ["main.rb", "config.h"] Dir.glob("*") #=> ["config.h", "main.rb"] Dir.glob("*", File::FNM_DOTMATCH) #=> [".", "..", "config.h", "main.rb"] Dir.glob(["*.rb", "*.h"]) #=> ["main.rb", "config.h"] rbfiles = File.join("**", "*.rb") Dir.glob(rbfiles) #=> ["main.rb", # "lib/song.rb", # "lib/song/karaoke.rb"] Dir.glob(rbfiles, base: "lib") #=> ["song.rb", # "song/karaoke.rb"] libdirs = File.join("**", "lib") Dir.glob(libdirs) #=> ["lib"] librbfiles = File.join("**", "lib", "**", "*.rb") Dir.glob(librbfiles) #=> ["lib/song.rb", # "lib/song/karaoke.rb"] librbfiles = File.join("**", "lib", "*.rb") Dir.glob(librbfiles) #=> ["lib/song.rb"]
Locks or unlocks a file according to locking_constant (a logical or of the values in the table below). Returns false
if File::LOCK_NB is specified and the operation would otherwise have blocked. Not available on all platforms.
Locking constants (in class File
):
LOCK_EX | Exclusive lock. Only one process may hold an | exclusive lock for a given file at a time. ----------+------------------------------------------------ LOCK_NB | Don't block when locking. May be combined | with other lock options using logical or. ----------+------------------------------------------------ LOCK_SH | Shared lock. Multiple processes may each hold a | shared lock for a given file at the same time. ----------+------------------------------------------------ LOCK_UN | Unlock.
Example:
# update a counter using write lock # don't use "w" because it truncates the file before lock. File.open("counter", File::RDWR|File::CREAT, 0644) {|f| f.flock(File::LOCK_EX) value = f.read.to_i + 1 f.rewind f.write("#{value}\n") f.flush f.truncate(f.pos) } # read the counter using read lock File.open("counter", "r") {|f| f.flock(File::LOCK_SH) p f.read }
Returns true
if the named file exists and has a zero size.
file_name can be an IO
object.
Returns the result of invoking exception.to_s
. Normally this returns the exception’s message or name.
Return the receiver associated with this KeyError
exception.
Return the receiver associated with this NameError
exception.
Return the receiver associated with this FrozenError
exception.
Return this SystemCallError’s error number.
Registers filename to be loaded (using Kernel::require) the first time that module (which may be a String
or a symbol) is accessed in the namespace of mod.
module A end A.autoload(:B, "b") A::B.doit # autoloads "b"
Returns filename to be loaded if name is registered as autoload
in the namespace of mod or one of its ancestors.
module A end A.autoload(:B, "b") A.autoload?(:B) #=> "b"
If inherit
is false, the lookup only checks the autoloads in the receiver:
class A autoload :CONST, "const.rb" end class B < A end B.autoload?(:CONST) #=> "const.rb", found in A (ancestor) B.autoload?(:CONST, false) #=> nil, not found in B itself
Internal method used to provide marshalling support. See the Marshal
module.
Returns the remainder from dividing by the value.
x.remainder(y) means x-y*(x/y).truncate