Struct

Class

Class Struct provides a convenient way to create a simple class that can store and fetch values.

This example creates a subclass of Struct, Struct::Customer; the first argument, a string, is the name of the subclass; the other arguments, symbols, determine the members of the new subclass.

Customer = Struct.new('Customer', :name, :address, :zip)
Customer.name       # => "Struct::Customer"
Customer.class      # => Class
Customer.superclass # => Struct

Corresponding to each member are two methods, a writer and a reader, that store and fetch values:

methods = Customer.instance_methods false
methods # => [:zip, :address=, :zip=, :address, :name, :name=]

An instance of the subclass may be created, and its members assigned values, via method ::new:

joe = Customer.new("Joe Smith", "123 Maple, Anytown NC", 12345)
joe # => #<struct Struct::Customer name="Joe Smith", address="123 Maple, Anytown NC", zip=12345>

The member values may be managed thus:

joe.name    # => "Joe Smith"
joe.name = 'Joseph Smith'
joe.name    # => "Joseph Smith"

And thus; note that member name may be expressed as either a string or a symbol:

joe[:name]  # => "Joseph Smith"
joe[:name] = 'Joseph Smith, Jr.'
joe['name'] # => "Joseph Smith, Jr."

See Struct::new.

What’s Here

First, what’s elsewhere. Class Struct:

Inherits from class Object.
Includes module Enumerable, which provides dozens of additional methods.

Here, class Struct provides methods that are useful for:

Creating a Struct Subclass
Querying
Comparing
Fetching
Assigning
Iterating
Converting

Methods for Creating a `Struct` Subclass

::new: Returns a new subclass of Struct.

Methods for Querying

hash: Returns the integer hash code.
length, size: Returns the number of members.

Methods for Comparing

#==: Returns whether a given object is equal to self, using == to compare member values.
eql?: Returns whether a given object is equal to self, using eql? to compare member values.

Methods for Fetching

[]: Returns the value associated with a given member name.
to_a, values, deconstruct: Returns the member values in self as an array.
deconstruct_keys: Returns a hash of the name/value pairs for given member names.
dig: Returns the object in nested objects that is specified by a given member name and additional arguments.
members: Returns an array of the member names.
select, filter: Returns an array of member values from self, as selected by the given block.
values_at: Returns an array containing values for given member names.

Methods for Assigning

[]=: Assigns a given value to a given member name.

Methods for Iterating

each: Calls a given block with each member name.
each_pair: Calls a given block with each member name/value pair.

Methods for Converting

inspect, to_s: Returns a string representation of self.
to_h: Returns a hash of the member name/value pairs in self.

Constants

Passwd

Passwd

Passwd is a Struct that contains the following members:

name: contains the short login name of the user as a String.
passwd: contains the encrypted password of the user as a String. an ‘x’ is returned if shadow passwords are in use. An ‘*’ is returned if the user cannot log in using a password.
uid: contains the integer user ID (uid) of the user.
gid: contains the integer group ID (gid) of the user’s primary group.
dir: contains the path to the home directory of the user as a String.
shell: contains the path to the login shell of the user as a String.

The following members below are optional, and must be compiled with special flags:

gecos: contains a longer String description of the user, such as a full name. Some Unix systems provide structured information in the gecos field, but this is system-dependent. must be compiled with HAVE_STRUCT_PASSWD_PW_GECOS
change: password change time(integer) must be compiled with HAVE_STRUCT_PASSWD_PW_CHANGE
quota: quota value(integer) must be compiled with HAVE_STRUCT_PASSWD_PW_QUOTA
age: password age(integer) must be compiled with HAVE_STRUCT_PASSWD_PW_AGE
class: user access class(string) must be compiled with HAVE_STRUCT_PASSWD_PW_CLASS
comment: comment(string) must be compiled with HAVE_STRUCT_PASSWD_PW_COMMENT
expire: account expiration time(integer) must be compiled with HAVE_STRUCT_PASSWD_PW_EXPIRE

Group

Group

Group is a Struct that is only available when compiled with HAVE_GETGRENT.

The struct contains the following members:

name

contains the name of the group as a String.

passwd

contains the encrypted password as a String. An ‘x’ is returned if password access to the group is not available; an empty string is returned if no password is needed to obtain membership of the group.

Must be compiled with HAVE_STRUCT_GROUP_GR_PASSWD.

gid

contains the group’s numeric ID as an integer.

mem

is an Array of Strings containing the short login names of the members of the group.

Class Methods

json_create(object)

ext/json/lib/json/add/struct.rb View on GitHub

          
            # File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.1.3/ext/json/lib/json/add/struct.rb, line 10
def self.json_create(object)
  new(*object['v'])
end

Deserializes JSON string by constructing new Struct object with values v serialized by to_json.

StructClass::keyword_init? → true or falsy value

struct.c View on GitHub

          
            static VALUE
rb_struct_s_keyword_init_p(VALUE obj)
{
}

Returns true if the class was initialized with keyword_init: true. Otherwise returns nil or false.

Examples:

Foo = Struct.new(:a)
Foo.keyword_init? # => nil
Bar = Struct.new(:a, keyword_init: true)
Bar.keyword_init? # => true
Baz = Struct.new(:a, keyword_init: false)
Baz.keyword_init? # => false

StructClass::members → array_of_symbols

struct.c View on GitHub

          
            static VALUE
rb_struct_s_members_m(VALUE klass)
{
    VALUE members = rb_struct_s_members(klass);

    return rb_ary_dup(members);
}

Returns the member names of the Struct descendant as an array:

Customer = Struct.new(:name, :address, :zip)
Customer.members # => [:name, :address, :zip]

Struct.new(*member_names, keyword_init: false){|Struct_subclass| ... } → Struct_subclass

Struct.new(class_name, *member_names, keyword_init: false){|Struct_subclass| ... } → Struct_subclass

Struct_subclass.new(*member_names) → Struct_subclass_instance

Struct_subclass.new(**member_names) → Struct_subclass_instance

struct.c View on GitHub

          
            static VALUE
rb_struct_s_def(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
{
    VALUE name, rest, keyword_init = Qnil;
    long i;
    VALUE st;
    st_table *tbl;

    rb_check_arity(argc, 1, UNLIMITED_ARGUMENTS);
    name = argv[0];
    if (SYMBOL_P(name)) {
        name = Qnil;
    }
    else {
        --argc;
        ++argv;
    }

    if (RB_TYPE_P(argv[argc-1], T_HASH)) {
        static ID keyword_ids[1];

        if (!keyword_ids[0]) {
            keyword_ids[0] = rb_intern("keyword_init");
        }
        rb_get_kwargs(argv[argc-1], keyword_ids, 0, 1, &keyword_init);
        if (keyword_init == Qundef) {
            keyword_init = Qnil;
        }
        else if (RTEST(keyword_init)) {
            keyword_init = Qtrue;
        }
        --argc;
    }

    rest = rb_ident_hash_new();
    RBASIC_CLEAR_CLASS(rest);
    OBJ_WB_UNPROTECT(rest);
    tbl = RHASH_TBL_RAW(rest);
    for (i=0; i<argc; i++) {
        VALUE mem = rb_to_symbol(argv[i]);
        if (rb_is_attrset_sym(mem)) {
            rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "invalid struct member: %"PRIsVALUE, mem);
        }
        if (st_insert(tbl, mem, Qtrue)) {
            rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "duplicate member: %"PRIsVALUE, mem);
        }
    }
    rest = rb_hash_keys(rest);
    st_clear(tbl);
    RBASIC_CLEAR_CLASS(rest);
    OBJ_FREEZE_RAW(rest);
    if (NIL_P(name)) {
        st = anonymous_struct(klass);
    }
    else {
        st = new_struct(name, klass);
    }
    setup_struct(st, rest);
    rb_ivar_set(st, id_keyword_init, keyword_init);
    if (rb_block_given_p()) {
        rb_mod_module_eval(0, 0, st);
    }

    return st;
}

Struct.new returns a new subclass of Struct. The new subclass:

May be anonymous, or may have the name given by class_name.
May have members as given by member_names.
May have initialization via ordinary arguments (the default) or via keyword arguments (if keyword_init: true is given).

The new subclass has its own method ::new; thus:

Foo = Struct.new('Foo', :foo, :bar) # => Struct::Foo
f = Foo.new(0, 1)                   # => #<struct Struct::Foo foo=0, bar=1>

Class Name

With string argument class_name, returns a new subclass of Struct named Struct::class_name:

Foo = Struct.new('Foo', :foo, :bar) # => Struct::Foo
Foo.name                            # => "Struct::Foo"
Foo.superclass                      # => Struct

Without string argument class_name, returns a new anonymous subclass of Struct:

Struct.new(:foo, :bar).name # => nil

Block

With a block given, the created subclass is yielded to the block:

Customer = Struct.new('Customer', :name, :address) do |new_class|
  p "The new subclass is #{new_class}"
  def greeting
    "Hello #{name} at #{address}"
  end
end           # => Struct::Customer
dave = Customer.new('Dave', '123 Main')
dave # =>     #<struct Struct::Customer name="Dave", address="123 Main">
dave.greeting # => "Hello Dave at 123 Main"

Output, from Struct.new:

"The new subclass is Struct::Customer"

Member Names

Symbol arguments member_names determines the members of the new subclass:

Struct.new(:foo, :bar).members        # => [:foo, :bar]
Struct.new('Foo', :foo, :bar).members # => [:foo, :bar]

The new subclass has instance methods corresponding to member_names:

Foo = Struct.new('Foo', :foo, :bar)
Foo.instance_methods(false) # => [:foo, :bar, :foo=, :bar=]
f = Foo.new                 # => #<struct Struct::Foo foo=nil, bar=nil>
f.foo                       # => nil
f.foo = 0                   # => 0
f.bar                       # => nil
f.bar = 1                   # => 1
f                           # => #<struct Struct::Foo foo=0, bar=1>

Singleton Methods

A subclass returned by Struct.new has these singleton methods:

Method ::new creates an instance of the subclass:

Foo.new          # => #<struct Struct::Foo foo=nil, bar=nil>
Foo.new(0)       # => #<struct Struct::Foo foo=0, bar=nil>
Foo.new(0, 1)    # => #<struct Struct::Foo foo=0, bar=1>
Foo.new(0, 1, 2) # Raises ArgumentError: struct size differs

Method ::[] is an alias for method ::new.

Method :inspect returns a string representation of the subclass:
```
Foo.inspect
# => "Struct::Foo"
```
Method ::members returns an array of the member names:
```
Foo.members # => [:foo, :bar]
```

Keyword Argument

By default, the arguments for initializing an instance of the new subclass are ordinary arguments (not keyword arguments). With optional keyword argument keyword_init: true, the new subclass is initialized with keyword arguments:

# Without keyword_init: true.
Foo = Struct.new('Foo', :foo, :bar)
Foo                     # => Struct::Foo
Foo.new(0, 1)           # => #<struct Struct::Foo foo=0, bar=1>
# With keyword_init: true.
Bar = Struct.new(:foo, :bar, keyword_init: true)
Bar # =>                # => Bar(keyword_init: true)
Bar.new(bar: 1, foo: 0) # => #<struct Bar foo=0, bar=1>

Instance Methods

self == other → true or false

struct.c View on GitHub

          
            static VALUE
rb_struct_equal(VALUE s, VALUE s2)
{
    if (s == s2) return Qtrue;
    if (!RB_TYPE_P(s2, T_STRUCT)) return Qfalse;
    if (rb_obj_class(s) != rb_obj_class(s2)) return Qfalse;
    if (RSTRUCT_LEN(s) != RSTRUCT_LEN(s2)) {
        rb_bug("inconsistent struct"); /* should never happen */
    }

    return rb_exec_recursive_paired(recursive_equal, s, s2, s2);
}

Returns true if and only if the following are true; otherwise returns false:

other.class == self.class.
For each member name name, other.name == self.name.

Examples:

Customer = Struct.new(:name, :address, :zip)
joe    = Customer.new("Joe Smith", "123 Maple, Anytown NC", 12345)
joe_jr = Customer.new("Joe Smith", "123 Maple, Anytown NC", 12345)
joe_jr == joe # => true
joe_jr[:name] = 'Joe Smith, Jr.'
# => "Joe Smith, Jr."
joe_jr == joe # => false

struct[name] → object

struct[n] → object

struct.c View on GitHub

          
            VALUE
rb_struct_aref(VALUE s, VALUE idx)
{
    int i = rb_struct_pos(s, &idx);
    if (i < 0) invalid_struct_pos(s, idx);
    return RSTRUCT_GET(s, i);
}

Returns a value from self.

With symbol or string argument name given, returns the value for the named member:

Customer = Struct.new(:name, :address, :zip)
joe = Customer.new("Joe Smith", "123 Maple, Anytown NC", 12345)
joe[:zip] # => 12345

Raises NameError if name is not the name of a member.

With integer argument n given, returns self.values[n] if n is in range; see Array Indexes:

joe[2]  # => 12345
joe[-2] # => "123 Maple, Anytown NC"

Raises IndexError if n is out of range.

struct[name] = value → value

struct[n] = value → value

struct.c View on GitHub

          
            VALUE
rb_struct_aset(VALUE s, VALUE idx, VALUE val)
{
    int i = rb_struct_pos(s, &idx);
    if (i < 0) invalid_struct_pos(s, idx);
    rb_struct_modify(s);
    RSTRUCT_SET(s, i, val);
    return val;
}

Assigns a value to a member.

With symbol or string argument name given, assigns the given value to the named member; returns value:

Customer = Struct.new(:name, :address, :zip)
joe = Customer.new("Joe Smith", "123 Maple, Anytown NC", 12345)
joe[:zip] = 54321 # => 54321
joe # => #<struct Customer name="Joe Smith", address="123 Maple, Anytown NC", zip=54321>

Raises NameError if name is not the name of a member.

With integer argument n given, assigns the given value to the n-th member if n is in range; see Array Indexes:

joe = Customer.new("Joe Smith", "123 Maple, Anytown NC", 12345)
joe[2] = 54321           # => 54321
joe[-3] = 'Joseph Smith' # => "Joseph Smith"
joe # => #<struct Customer name="Joseph Smith", address="123 Maple, Anytown NC", zip=54321>

Raises IndexError if n is out of range.

as_json(*)

ext/json/lib/json/add/struct.rb View on GitHub

          
            # File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.1.3/ext/json/lib/json/add/struct.rb, line 16
def as_json(*)
  klass = self.class.name
  klass.to_s.empty? and raise JSON::JSONError, "Only named structs are supported!"
  {
    JSON.create_id => klass,
    'v'            => values,
  }
end

Returns a hash, that will be turned into a JSON object and represent this object.

deconstruct

struct.c View on GitHub

An alias for to_a

deconstruct_keys(array_of_names) → hash

struct.c View on GitHub

          
            static VALUE
rb_struct_deconstruct_keys(VALUE s, VALUE keys)
{
    VALUE h;
    long i;

    if (NIL_P(keys)) {
        return rb_struct_to_h(s);
    }
    if (UNLIKELY(!RB_TYPE_P(keys, T_ARRAY))) {
        rb_raise(rb_eTypeError,
                 "wrong argument type %"PRIsVALUE" (expected Array or nil)",
                 rb_obj_class(keys));

    }
    if (RSTRUCT_LEN(s) < RARRAY_LEN(keys)) {
        return rb_hash_new_with_size(0);
    }
    h = rb_hash_new_with_size(RARRAY_LEN(keys));
    for (i=0; i<RARRAY_LEN(keys); i++) {
        VALUE key = RARRAY_AREF(keys, i);
        int i = rb_struct_pos(s, &key);
        if (i < 0) {
            return h;
        }
        rb_hash_aset(h, key, RSTRUCT_GET(s, i));
    }
    return h;
}

Returns a hash of the name/value pairs for the given member names.

Customer = Struct.new(:name, :address, :zip)
joe = Customer.new("Joe Smith", "123 Maple, Anytown NC", 12345)
h = joe.deconstruct_keys([:zip, :address])
h # => {:zip=>12345, :address=>"123 Maple, Anytown NC"}

Returns all names and values if array_of_names is nil:

h = joe.deconstruct_keys(nil)
h # => {:name=>"Joseph Smith, Jr.", :address=>"123 Maple, Anytown NC", :zip=>12345}

dig(name, *identifiers) → object

dig(n, *identifiers) → object

struct.c View on GitHub

          
            static VALUE
rb_struct_dig(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
    rb_check_arity(argc, 1, UNLIMITED_ARGUMENTS);
    self = rb_struct_lookup(self, *argv);
    if (!--argc) return self;
    ++argv;
    return rb_obj_dig(argc, argv, self, Qnil);
}

Finds and returns an object among nested objects. The nested objects may be instances of various classes. See Dig Methods.

Given symbol or string argument name, returns the object that is specified by name and identifiers:

Foo = Struct.new(:a)
f = Foo.new(Foo.new({b: [1, 2, 3]}))
f.dig(:a) # => #<struct Foo a={:b=>[1, 2, 3]}>
f.dig(:a, :a) # => {:b=>[1, 2, 3]}
f.dig(:a, :a, :b) # => [1, 2, 3]
f.dig(:a, :a, :b, 0) # => 1
f.dig(:b, 0) # => nil

Given integer argument n, returns the object that is specified by n and identifiers:

f.dig(0) # => #<struct Foo a={:b=>[1, 2, 3]}>
f.dig(0, 0) # => {:b=>[1, 2, 3]}
f.dig(0, 0, :b) # => [1, 2, 3]
f.dig(0, 0, :b, 0) # => 1
f.dig(:b, 0) # => nil

each {|value| ... } → self

each → enumerator

struct.c View on GitHub

          
            static VALUE
rb_struct_each(VALUE s)
{
    long i;

    RETURN_SIZED_ENUMERATOR(s, 0, 0, struct_enum_size);
    for (i=0; i<RSTRUCT_LEN(s); i++) {
        rb_yield(RSTRUCT_GET(s, i));
    }
    return s;
}

Calls the given block with the value of each member; returns self:

Customer = Struct.new(:name, :address, :zip)
joe = Customer.new("Joe Smith", "123 Maple, Anytown NC", 12345)
joe.each {|value| p value }

Output:

"Joe Smith"
"123 Maple, Anytown NC"
12345

Returns an Enumerator if no block is given.

Related: each_pair.

each_pair {|(name, value)| ... } → self

each_pair → enumerator

struct.c View on GitHub

          
            static VALUE
rb_struct_each_pair(VALUE s)
{
    VALUE members;
    long i;

    RETURN_SIZED_ENUMERATOR(s, 0, 0, struct_enum_size);
    members = rb_struct_members(s);
    if (rb_block_pair_yield_optimizable()) {
        for (i=0; i<RSTRUCT_LEN(s); i++) {
            VALUE key = rb_ary_entry(members, i);
            VALUE value = RSTRUCT_GET(s, i);
            rb_yield_values(2, key, value);
        }
    }
    else {
        for (i=0; i<RSTRUCT_LEN(s); i++) {
            VALUE key = rb_ary_entry(members, i);
            VALUE value = RSTRUCT_GET(s, i);
            rb_yield(rb_assoc_new(key, value));
        }
    }
    return s;
}

Calls the given block with each member name/value pair; returns self:

Customer = Struct.new(:name, :address, :zip) # => Customer
joe = Customer.new("Joe Smith", "123 Maple, Anytown NC", 12345)
joe.each_pair {|(name, value)| p "#{name} => #{value}" }

Output:

"name => Joe Smith"
"address => 123 Maple, Anytown NC"
"zip => 12345"

Returns an Enumerator if no block is given.

Related: each.

eql?(other) → true or false

struct.c View on GitHub

          
            static VALUE
rb_struct_eql(VALUE s, VALUE s2)
{
    if (s == s2) return Qtrue;
    if (!RB_TYPE_P(s2, T_STRUCT)) return Qfalse;
    if (rb_obj_class(s) != rb_obj_class(s2)) return Qfalse;
    if (RSTRUCT_LEN(s) != RSTRUCT_LEN(s2)) {
        rb_bug("inconsistent struct"); /* should never happen */
    }

    return rb_exec_recursive_paired(recursive_eql, s, s2, s2);
}

Returns true if and only if the following are true; otherwise returns false:

other.class == self.class.
For each member name name, other.name.eql?(self.name).

Customer = Struct.new(:name, :address, :zip) joe = Customer.new(“Joe Smith”, “123 Maple, Anytown NC”, 12345) joe_jr = Customer.new(“Joe Smith”, “123 Maple, Anytown NC”, 12345) joe_jr.eql?(joe) # => true joe_jr = ‘Joe Smith, Jr.’ joe_jr.eql?(joe) # => false

Related: Object#==.

filter(*args)

struct.c View on GitHub

An alias for select

hash → integer

struct.c View on GitHub

          
            static VALUE
rb_struct_hash(VALUE s)
{
    long i, len;
    st_index_t h;
    VALUE n;

    h = rb_hash_start(rb_hash(rb_obj_class(s)));
    len = RSTRUCT_LEN(s);
    for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
        n = rb_hash(RSTRUCT_GET(s, i));
        h = rb_hash_uint(h, NUM2LONG(n));
    }
    h = rb_hash_end(h);
    return ST2FIX(h);
}

Returns the integer hash value for self.

Two structs of the same class and with the same content will have the same hash code (and will compare using Struct#eql?):

Customer = Struct.new(:name, :address, :zip)
joe    = Customer.new("Joe Smith", "123 Maple, Anytown NC", 12345)
joe_jr = Customer.new("Joe Smith", "123 Maple, Anytown NC", 12345)
joe.hash == joe_jr.hash # => true
joe_jr[:name] = 'Joe Smith, Jr.'
joe.hash == joe_jr.hash # => false

Related: Object#hash.

inspect → string

struct.c View on GitHub

          
            static VALUE
rb_struct_inspect(VALUE s)
{
    return rb_exec_recursive(inspect_struct, s, 0);
}

Returns a string representation of self:

Customer = Struct.new(:name, :address, :zip) # => Customer
joe = Customer.new("Joe Smith", "123 Maple, Anytown NC", 12345)
joe.inspect # => "#<struct Customer name=\"Joe Smith\", address=\"123 Maple, Anytown NC\", zip=12345>"

Struct#to_s is an alias for Struct#inspect.

length

struct.c View on GitHub

An alias for size

members → array_of_symbols

struct.c View on GitHub

          
            static VALUE
rb_struct_members_m(VALUE obj)
{
    return rb_struct_s_members_m(rb_obj_class(obj));
}

Returns the member names from self as an array:

Customer = Struct.new(:name, :address, :zip)
Customer.new.members # => [:name, :address, :zip]

Related: to_a.

select {|value| ... } → array

select → enumerator

struct.c View on GitHub

          
            static VALUE
rb_struct_select(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE s)
{
    VALUE result;
    long i;

    rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 0);
    RETURN_SIZED_ENUMERATOR(s, 0, 0, struct_enum_size);
    result = rb_ary_new();
    for (i = 0; i < RSTRUCT_LEN(s); i++) {
        if (RTEST(rb_yield(RSTRUCT_GET(s, i)))) {
            rb_ary_push(result, RSTRUCT_GET(s, i));
        }
    }

    return result;
}

With a block given, returns an array of values from self for which the block returns a truthy value:

Customer = Struct.new(:name, :address, :zip)
joe = Customer.new("Joe Smith", "123 Maple, Anytown NC", 12345)
a = joe.select {|value| value.is_a?(String) }
a # => ["Joe Smith", "123 Maple, Anytown NC"]
a = joe.select {|value| value.is_a?(Integer) }
a # => [12345]

With no block given, returns an Enumerator.

Struct#filter is an alias for Struct#select.

size → integer

struct.c View on GitHub

          
            VALUE
rb_struct_size(VALUE s)
{
    return LONG2FIX(RSTRUCT_LEN(s));
}

Returns the number of members.

Customer = Struct.new(:name, :address, :zip)
joe = Customer.new("Joe Smith", "123 Maple, Anytown NC", 12345)
joe.size #=> 3

Struct#length is an alias for Struct#size.

to_a → array

struct.c View on GitHub

          
            static VALUE
rb_struct_to_a(VALUE s)
{
    return rb_ary_new4(RSTRUCT_LEN(s), RSTRUCT_CONST_PTR(s));
}

Returns the values in self as an array:

Customer = Struct.new(:name, :address, :zip)
joe = Customer.new("Joe Smith", "123 Maple, Anytown NC", 12345)
joe.to_a # => ["Joe Smith", "123 Maple, Anytown NC", 12345]

Struct#values and Struct#deconstruct are aliases for Struct#to_a.

Related: members.

to_h → hash

to_h {|name, value| ... } → hash

struct.c View on GitHub

          
            static VALUE
rb_struct_to_h(VALUE s)
{
    VALUE h = rb_hash_new_with_size(RSTRUCT_LEN(s));
    VALUE members = rb_struct_members(s);
    long i;
    int block_given = rb_block_given_p();

    for (i=0; i<RSTRUCT_LEN(s); i++) {
        VALUE k = rb_ary_entry(members, i), v = RSTRUCT_GET(s, i);
        if (block_given)
            rb_hash_set_pair(h, rb_yield_values(2, k, v));
        else
            rb_hash_aset(h, k, v);
    }
    return h;
}

Returns a hash containing the name and value for each member:

Customer = Struct.new(:name, :address, :zip)
joe = Customer.new("Joe Smith", "123 Maple, Anytown NC", 12345)
h = joe.to_h
h # => {:name=>"Joe Smith", :address=>"123 Maple, Anytown NC", :zip=>12345}

If a block is given, it is called with each name/value pair; the block should return a 2-element array whose elements will become a key/value pair in the returned hash:

h = joe.to_h{|name, value| [name.upcase, value.to_s.upcase]}
h # => {:NAME=>"JOE SMITH", :ADDRESS=>"123 MAPLE, ANYTOWN NC", :ZIP=>"12345"}

Raises ArgumentError if the block returns an inappropriate value.

to_json(*args)

ext/json/lib/json/add/struct.rb View on GitHub

          
            # File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.1.3/ext/json/lib/json/add/struct.rb, line 27
def to_json(*args)
  as_json.to_json(*args)
end

Stores class name (Struct) with Struct values v as a JSON string. Only named structs are supported.

to_s

struct.c View on GitHub

An alias for inspect

values

struct.c View on GitHub

An alias for to_a

values_at(*integers) → array

values_at(integer_range) → array

struct.c View on GitHub

          
            static VALUE
rb_struct_values_at(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE s)
{
    return rb_get_values_at(s, RSTRUCT_LEN(s), argc, argv, struct_entry);
}

Returns an array of values from self.

With integer arguments integers given, returns an array containing each value given by one of integers:

Customer = Struct.new(:name, :address, :zip)
joe = Customer.new("Joe Smith", "123 Maple, Anytown NC", 12345)
joe.values_at(0, 2)    # => ["Joe Smith", 12345]
joe.values_at(2, 0)    # => [12345, "Joe Smith"]
joe.values_at(2, 1, 0) # => [12345, "123 Maple, Anytown NC", "Joe Smith"]
joe.values_at(0, -3)   # => ["Joe Smith", "Joe Smith"]

Raises IndexError if any of integers is out of range; see Array Indexes.

With integer range argument integer_range given, returns an array containing each value given by the elements of the range; fills with nil values for range elements larger than the structure:

joe.values_at(0..2)
# => ["Joe Smith", "123 Maple, Anytown NC", 12345]
joe.values_at(-3..-1)
# => ["Joe Smith", "123 Maple, Anytown NC", 12345]
joe.values_at(1..4) # => ["123 Maple, Anytown NC", 12345, nil, nil]

Raises RangeError if any element of the range is negative and out of range; see Array Indexes.

Struct

What’s Here

Methods for Creating a Struct Subclass

Methods for Querying

Methods for Comparing

Methods for Fetching

Methods for Assigning

Methods for Iterating

Methods for Converting

Passwd

The following members below are optional, and must be compiled with special flags:

Group

json_create(object)

StructClass::keyword_init? → true or falsy value

StructClass::members → array_of_symbols

Struct.new(*member_names, keyword_init: false){|Struct_subclass| ... } → Struct_subclass

Struct.new(class_name, *member_names, keyword_init: false){|Struct_subclass| ... } → Struct_subclass

Struct_subclass.new(*member_names) → Struct_subclass_instance

Struct_subclass.new(**member_names) → Struct_subclass_instance

self == other → true or false

struct[name] → object

struct[n] → object

struct[name] = value → value

struct[n] = value → value

as_json(*)

deconstruct

deconstruct_keys(array_of_names) → hash

dig(name, *identifiers) → object

dig(n, *identifiers) → object

each {|value| ... } → self

each → enumerator

each_pair {|(name, value)| ... } → self

each_pair → enumerator

eql?(other) → true or false

filter(*args)

hash → integer

inspect → string

length

members → array_of_symbols

select {|value| ... } → array

select → enumerator

size → integer

to_a → array

to_h → hash

to_h {|name, value| ... } → hash

to_json(*args)

to_s

values

values_at(*integers) → array

values_at(integer_range) → array

Methods for Creating a `Struct` Subclass