Returns a string containing a human-readable representation of obj. The default inspect shows the object’s class name, an encoding of its memory address, and a list of the instance variables and their values (by calling inspect on each of them). User defined classes should override this method to provide a better representation of obj. When overriding this method, it should return a string whose encoding is compatible with the default external encoding.
[ 1, 2, 3..4, 'five' ].inspect #=> "[1, 2, 3..4, \"five\"]" Time.new.inspect #=> "2008-03-08 19:43:39 +0900" class Foo end Foo.new.inspect #=> "#<Foo:0x0300c868>" class Bar def initialize @bar = 1 end end Bar.new.inspect #=> "#<Bar:0x0300c868 @bar=1>"
Returns a string containing the place-value representation of self in radix base (in 2..36).
12345.to_s # => "12345" 12345.to_s(2) # => "11000000111001" 12345.to_s(8) # => "30071" 12345.to_s(10) # => "12345" 12345.to_s(16) # => "3039" 12345.to_s(36) # => "9ix" 78546939656932.to_s(36) # => "rubyrules"
Raises an exception if base is out of range.
Integer#inspect is an alias for Integer#to_s.
Since int is already an Integer, this always returns true.
Returns the absolute part of its polar form.
Complex(-1).abs #=> 1 Complex(3.0, -4.0).abs #=> 5.0
Returns the value as a string for inspection.
Complex(2).inspect #=> "(2+0i)" Complex('-8/6').inspect #=> "((-4/3)+0i)" Complex('1/2i').inspect #=> "(0+(1/2)*i)" Complex(0, Float::INFINITY).inspect #=> "(0+Infinity*i)" Complex(Float::NAN, Float::NAN).inspect #=> "(NaN+NaN*i)"
Returns true if cmp‘s real and imaginary parts are both finite numbers, otherwise returns false.
Always returns the string “nil”.
Returns zero.
Returns the absolute value of self.
12.abs #=> 12 (-34.56).abs #=> 34.56 -34.56.abs #=> 34.56
Numeric#magnitude is an alias for Numeric#abs.
Returns true if num is a finite number, otherwise returns false.
Inserts the given other_string into self; returns self.
If the Integer index is positive, inserts other_string at offset index:
'foo'.insert(1, 'bar') # => "fbaroo"
If the Integer index is negative, counts backward from the end of self and inserts other_string at offset index+1 (that is, after self[index]):
'foo'.insert(-2, 'bar') # => "fobaro"
Returns a Matchdata object (or nil) based on self and the given pattern.
Note: also updates Regexp-related global variables.
Computes regexp by converting pattern (if not already a Regexp).
regexp = Regexp.new(pattern)
Computes matchdata, which will be either a MatchData object or nil (see Regexp#match):
matchdata = <tt>regexp.match(self)
With no block given, returns the computed matchdata:
'foo'.match('f') # => #<MatchData "f"> 'foo'.match('o') # => #<MatchData "o"> 'foo'.match('x') # => nil
If Integer argument offset is given, the search begins at index offset:
'foo'.match('f', 1) # => nil 'foo'.match('o', 1) # => #<MatchData "o">
With a block given, calls the block with the computed matchdata and returns the block’s return value:
'foo'.match(/o/) {|matchdata| matchdata } # => #<MatchData "o"> 'foo'.match(/x/) {|matchdata| matchdata } # => nil 'foo'.match(/f/, 1) {|matchdata| matchdata } # => nil
Returns true or false based on whether a match is found for self and pattern.
Note: does not update Regexp-related global variables.
Computes regexp by converting pattern (if not already a Regexp).
regexp = Regexp.new(pattern)
Returns true if self+.match(regexp) returns a Matchdata object, false otherwise:
'foo'.match?(/o/) # => true 'foo'.match?('o') # => true 'foo'.match?(/x/) # => false
If Integer argument offset is given, the search begins at index offset:
'foo'.match?('f', 1) # => false 'foo'.match?('o', 1) # => true
Returns the Integer index of the first occurrence of the given substring, or nil if none found:
'foo'.index('f') # => 0 'foo'.index('o') # => 1 'foo'.index('oo') # => 1 'foo'.index('ooo') # => nil
Returns the Integer index of the first match for the given Regexp regexp, or nil if none found:
'foo'.index(/f/) # => 0 'foo'.index(/o/) # => 1 'foo'.index(/oo/) # => 1 'foo'.index(/ooo/) # => nil
Integer argument offset, if given, specifies the position in the string to begin the search:
'foo'.index('o', 1) # => 1 'foo'.index('o', 2) # => 2 'foo'.index('o', 3) # => nil
If offset is negative, counts backward from the end of self:
'foo'.index('o', -1) # => 2 'foo'.index('o', -2) # => 1 'foo'.index('o', -3) # => 1 'foo'.index('o', -4) # => nil
Related: String#rindex.
Returns the Integer index of the last occurrence of the given substring, or nil if none found:
'foo'.rindex('f') # => 0 'foo'.rindex('o') # => 2 'foo'.rindex('oo') # => 1 'foo'.rindex('ooo') # => nil
Returns the Integer index of the last match for the given Regexp regexp, or nil if none found:
'foo'.rindex(/f/) # => 0 'foo'.rindex(/o/) # => 2 'foo'.rindex(/oo/) # => 1 'foo'.rindex(/ooo/) # => nil
The last match means starting at the possible last position, not the last of longest matches.
'foo'.rindex(/o+/) # => 2 $~ #=> #<MatchData "o">
To get the last longest match, needs to combine with negative lookbehind.
'foo'.rindex(/(?<!o)o+/) # => 1 $~ #=> #<MatchData "oo">
Or String#index with negative lookforward.
'foo'.index(/o+(?!.*o)/) # => 1 $~ #=> #<MatchData "oo">
Integer argument offset, if given and non-negative, specifies the maximum starting position in the
string to _end_ the search: 'foo'.rindex('o', 0) # => nil 'foo'.rindex('o', 1) # => 1 'foo'.rindex('o', 2) # => 2 'foo'.rindex('o', 3) # => 2
If offset is a negative Integer, the maximum starting position in the string to end the search is the sum of the string’s length and offset:
'foo'.rindex('o', -1) # => 2 'foo'.rindex('o', -2) # => 1 'foo'.rindex('o', -3) # => nil 'foo'.rindex('o', -4) # => nil
Related: String#index.
Returns a printable version of self, enclosed in double-quotes, and with special characters escaped:
s = "foo\tbar\tbaz\n" # => "foo\tbar\tbaz\n" s.inspect # => "\"foo\\tbar\\tbaz\\n\""
Returns an array of lines in str split using the supplied record separator ($/ by default). This is a shorthand for str.each_line(separator, getline_args).to_a.
If chomp is true, separator will be removed from the end of each line.
"hello\nworld\n".lines #=> ["hello\n", "world\n"] "hello world".lines(' ') #=> ["hello ", " ", "world"] "hello\nworld\n".lines(chomp: true) #=> ["hello", "world"]
If a block is given, which is a deprecated form, works the same as each_line.
Returns an array of the Integer ordinals of the characters in str. This is a shorthand for str.each_codepoint.to_a.
If a block is given, which is a deprecated form, works the same as each_codepoint.
Returns the Symbol corresponding to str, creating the symbol if it did not previously exist. See Symbol#id2name.
"Koala".intern #=> :Koala s = 'cat'.to_sym #=> :cat s == :cat #=> true s = '@cat'.to_sym #=> :@cat s == :@cat #=> true
This can also be used to create symbols that cannot be represented using the :xxx notation.
'cat and dog'.to_sym #=> :"cat and dog"
Returns true if self contains other_string, false otherwise:
s = 'foo' s.include?('f') # => true s.include?('fo') # => true s.include?('food') # => false
Returns the Encoding object that represents the encoding of obj.
Returns true if self is not Infinity, -Infinity, or Nan, false otherwise:
f = 2.0 # => 2.0 f.finite? # => true f = 1.0/0.0 # => Infinity f.finite? # => false f = -1.0/0.0 # => -Infinity f.finite? # => false f = 0.0/0.0 # => NaN f.finite? # => false