RubyGems adds the gem
method to allow activation of specific gem versions and overrides the require
method on Kernel
to make gems appear as if they live on the $LOAD_PATH
. See the documentation of these methods for further detail.
Monkey patch kernel to ensure that all ‘require` calls call the same method
The Kernel
module is included by class Object
, so its methods are available in every Ruby object.
The Kernel
instance methods are documented in class Object
while the module methods are documented here. These methods are called without a receiver and thus can be called in functional form:
sprintf "%.1f", 1.234 #=> "1.2"
What’s Here
Module Kernel provides methods that are useful for:
Converting
Querying
-
__callee__
: Returns the called name of the current method as a symbol. -
__dir__
: Returns the path to the directory from which the current method is called. -
__method__
: Returns the name of the current method as a symbol. -
autoload?
: Returns the file to be loaded when the given module is referenced. -
binding
: Returns aBinding
for the context at the point of call. -
block_given?
: Returnstrue
if a block was passed to the calling method. -
caller
: Returns the current execution stack as an array of strings. -
caller_locations
: Returns the current execution stack as an array ofThread::Backtrace::Location
objects. -
class
: Returns the class ofself
. -
frozen?
: Returns whetherself
is frozen. -
global_variables
: Returns an array of global variables as symbols. -
local_variables
: Returns an array of local variables as symbols. -
test
: Performs specified tests on the given single file or pair of files.
Exiting
-
abort
: Exits the current process after printing the given arguments. -
at_exit
: Executes the given block when the process exits. -
exit
: Exits the current process after calling any registeredat_exit
handlers. -
exit!
: Exits the current process without calling any registeredat_exit
handlers.
Exceptions
-
catch
: Executes the given block, possibly catching a thrown object. -
raise
(aliased asfail
): Raises an exception based on the given arguments. -
throw
: Returns from the active catch block waiting for the given tag.
IO
-
::pp
: Prints the given objects in pretty form. -
gets
: Returns and assigns to$_
the next line from the current input. -
open
: Creates anIO
object connected to the given stream, file, or subprocess. -
p
: Prints the given objects’ inspect output to the standard output. -
print
: Prints the given objects to standard output without a newline. -
printf
: Prints the string resulting from applying the given format string to any additional arguments. -
putc
: Equivalent to <tt.$stdout.putc(object)</tt> for the given object. -
puts
: Equivalent to$stdout.puts(*objects)
for the given objects. -
readline
: Similar togets
, but raises an exception at the end of file. -
readlines
: Returns an array of the remaining lines from the current input.
Procs
-
lambda
: Returns a lambda proc for the given block.
Tracing
-
set_trace_func
: Sets the given proc as the handler for tracing, or disables tracing if givennil
. -
trace_var
: Starts tracing assignments to the given global variable. -
untrace_var
: Disables tracing of assignments to the given global variable.
Subprocesses
-
`command`: Returns the standard output of running
command
in a subshell. -
exec
: Replaces current process with a new process. -
fork
: Forks the current process into two processes. -
spawn
: Executes the given command and returns its pid without waiting for completion. -
system
: Executes the given command in a subshell.
Loading
-
autoload
: Registers the given file to be loaded when the given constant is first referenced. -
load
: Loads the given Ruby file. -
require
: Loads the given Ruby file unless it has already been loaded. -
require_relative
: Loads the Ruby file path relative to the calling file, unless it has already been loaded.
Yielding
-
tap
: Yieldsself
to the given block; returnsself
. -
then
(aliased asyield_self
): Yieldsself
to the block and returns the result of the block.
Random Values
-
rand
: Returns a pseudo-random floating point number strictly between 0.0 and 1.0. -
srand
: Seeds the pseudo-random number generator with the given number.
Other
-
eval
: Evaluates the given string as Ruby code. -
loop
: Repeatedly executes the given block. -
sleep
: Suspends the current thread for the given number of seconds. -
sprintf
(aliased asformat
): Returns the string resulting from applying the given format string to any additional arguments. -
syscall
: Runs an operating system call. -
trap
: Specifies the handling of system signals. -
warn
: Issue a warning based on the given messages and options.
# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.2.0/lib/uri/common.rb, line 718
def URI(uri)
if uri.is_a?(URI::Generic)
uri
elsif uri = String.try_convert(uri)
URI.parse(uri)
else
raise ArgumentError,
"bad argument (expected URI object or URI string)"
end
end
Returns uri
converted to an URI
object.
# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.2.0/lib/pp.rb, line 644
def pp(*objs)
objs.each {|obj|
PP.pp(obj)
}
objs.size <= 1 ? objs.first : objs
end
prints arguments in pretty form.
pp returns argument(s).
static VALUE
rb_f_array(VALUE obj, VALUE arg)
{
return rb_Array(arg);
}
Returns an array converted from object
.
Tries to convert object
to an array using to_ary
first and to_a
second:
Array([0, 1, 2]) # => [0, 1, 2] Array({foo: 0, bar: 1}) # => [[:foo, 0], [:bar, 1]] Array(0..4) # => [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]
Returns object
in an array, [object]
, if object
cannot be converted:
Array(:foo) # => [:foo]
static VALUE
f_BigDecimal(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
VALUE val, digs_v, opts = Qnil;
argc = rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "11:", &val, &digs_v, &opts);
int exception = opts_exception_p(opts);
size_t digs = SIZE_MAX; /* this means digs is omitted */
if (argc > 1) {
digs_v = rb_to_int(digs_v);
if (FIXNUM_P(digs_v)) {
long n = FIX2LONG(digs_v);
if (n < 0)
goto negative_digs;
digs = (size_t)n;
}
else {
if (RBIGNUM_NEGATIVE_P(digs_v)) {
negative_digs:
if (!exception)
return Qnil;
rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "negative precision");
}
digs = NUM2SIZET(digs_v);
}
}
return rb_convert_to_BigDecimal(val, digs, exception);
}
Returns the BigDecimal converted from value
with a precision of ndigits
decimal digits.
When ndigits
is less than the number of significant digits in the value, the result is rounded to that number of digits, according to the current rounding mode; see BigDecimal.mode
.
When ndigits
is 0, the number of digits to correctly represent a float number is determined automatically.
Returns value
converted to a BigDecimal, depending on the type of value
:
-
Integer
,Float
,Rational
,Complex
, or BigDecimal: converted directly:# Integer, Complex, or BigDecimal value does not require ndigits; ignored if given. BigDecimal(2) # => 0.2e1 BigDecimal(Complex(2, 0)) # => 0.2e1 BigDecimal(BigDecimal(2)) # => 0.2e1 # Float or Rational value requires ndigits. BigDecimal(2.0, 0) # => 0.2e1 BigDecimal(Rational(2, 1), 0) # => 0.2e1
-
String: converted by parsing if it contains an integer or floating-point literal; leading and trailing whitespace is ignored:
# String does not require ndigits; ignored if given. BigDecimal('2') # => 0.2e1 BigDecimal('2.0') # => 0.2e1 BigDecimal('0.2e1') # => 0.2e1 BigDecimal(' 2.0 ') # => 0.2e1
-
Other type that responds to method
:to_str
: first converted to a string, then converted to a BigDecimal, as above. -
Other type:
-
Raises an exception if keyword argument
exception
istrue
. -
Returns
nil
if keyword argumentexception
istrue
.
-
Raises an exception if value
evaluates to a Float
and digits
is larger than Float::DIG + 1.
static VALUE
nucomp_f_complex(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
{
VALUE a1, a2, opts = Qnil;
int raise = TRUE;
if (rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "11:", &a1, &a2, &opts) == 1) {
a2 = Qundef;
}
if (!NIL_P(opts)) {
raise = rb_opts_exception_p(opts, raise);
}
if (argc > 0 && CLASS_OF(a1) == rb_cComplex && UNDEF_P(a2)) {
return a1;
}
return nucomp_convert(rb_cComplex, a1, a2, raise);
}
Returns x+i*y;
Complex(1, 2) #=> (1+2i) Complex('1+2i') #=> (1+2i) Complex(nil) #=> TypeError Complex(1, nil) #=> TypeError Complex(1, nil, exception: false) #=> nil Complex('1+2', exception: false) #=> nil
Syntax of string form:
string form = extra spaces , complex , extra spaces ; complex = real part | [ sign ] , imaginary part | real part , sign , imaginary part | rational , "@" , rational ; real part = rational ; imaginary part = imaginary unit | unsigned rational , imaginary unit ; rational = [ sign ] , unsigned rational ; unsigned rational = numerator | numerator , "/" , denominator ; numerator = integer part | fractional part | integer part , fractional part ; denominator = digits ; integer part = digits ; fractional part = "." , digits , [ ( "e" | "E" ) , [ sign ] , digits ] ; imaginary unit = "i" | "I" | "j" | "J" ; sign = "-" | "+" ; digits = digit , { digit | "_" , digit }; digit = "0" | "1" | "2" | "3" | "4" | "5" | "6" | "7" | "8" | "9" ; extra spaces = ? \s* ? ;
See String#to_c
.
# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.2.0/kernel.rb, line 171
def Float(arg, exception: true)
if Primitive.mandatory_only?
Primitive.rb_f_float1(arg)
else
Primitive.rb_f_float(arg, exception)
end
end
Returns arg converted to a float. Numeric
types are converted directly, and with exception to String
and nil
the rest are converted using arg.to_f
. Converting a String
with invalid characters will result in a ArgumentError
. Converting nil
generates a TypeError
. Exceptions can be suppressed by passing exception: false
.
Float(1) #=> 1.0 Float("123.456") #=> 123.456 Float("123.0_badstring") #=> ArgumentError: invalid value for Float(): "123.0_badstring" Float(nil) #=> TypeError: can't convert nil into Float Float("123.0_badstring", exception: false) #=> nil
static VALUE
rb_f_hash(VALUE obj, VALUE arg)
{
return rb_Hash(arg);
}
Returns a hash converted from object
.
-
If
object
is:-
A hash, returns
object
. -
An empty array or
nil
, returns an empty hash.
-
-
Otherwise, if
object.to_hash
returns a hash, returns that hash. -
Otherwise, returns
TypeError
.
Examples:
Hash({foo: 0, bar: 1}) # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1} Hash(nil) # => {} Hash([]) # => {}
static VALUE
rb_f_integer(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE obj)
{
VALUE arg = Qnil, opts = Qnil;
int base = 0;
if (argc > 1) {
int narg = 1;
VALUE vbase = rb_check_to_int(argv[1]);
if (!NIL_P(vbase)) {
base = NUM2INT(vbase);
narg = 2;
}
if (argc > narg) {
VALUE hash = rb_check_hash_type(argv[argc-1]);
if (!NIL_P(hash)) {
opts = rb_extract_keywords(&hash);
if (!hash) --argc;
}
}
}
rb_check_arity(argc, 1, 2);
arg = argv[0];
return rb_convert_to_integer(arg, base, opts_exception_p(opts));
}
Returns an integer converted from object
.
Tries to convert object
to an integer using to_int
first and to_i
second; see below for exceptions.
With a non-zero base
, object
must be a string or convertible to a string.
numeric objects
With integer argument object
given, returns object
:
Integer(1) # => 1 Integer(-1) # => -1
With floating-point argument object
given, returns object
truncated to an intger:
Integer(1.9) # => 1 # Rounds toward zero. Integer(-1.9) # => -1 # Rounds toward zero.
string objects
With string argument object
and zero base
given, returns object
converted to an integer in base 10:
Integer('100') # => 100 Integer('-100') # => -100
With base
zero, string object
may contain leading characters to specify the actual base (radix indicator):
Integer('0100') # => 64 # Leading '0' specifies base 8. Integer('0b100') # => 4 # Leading '0b', specifies base 2. Integer('0x100') # => 256 # Leading '0x' specifies base 16.
With a positive base
(in range 2..36) given, returns object
converted to an integer in the given base:
Integer('100', 2) # => 4 Integer('100', 8) # => 64 Integer('-100', 16) # => -256
With a negative base
(in range -36..-2) given, returns object
converted to an integer in the radix indicator if exists or -base
:
Integer('0x100', -2) # => 256 Integer('100', -2) # => 4 Integer('0b100', -8) # => 4 Integer('100', -8) # => 64 Integer('0o100', -10) # => 64 Integer('100', -10) # => 100
base
-1 is equal the -10 case.
When converting strings, surrounding whitespace and embedded underscores are allowed and ignored:
Integer(' 100 ') # => 100 Integer('-1_0_0', 16) # => -256
other classes
Examples with object
of various other classes:
Integer(Rational(9, 10)) # => 0 # Rounds toward zero. Integer(Complex(2, 0)) # => 2 # Imaginary part must be zero. Integer(Time.now) # => 1650974042
keywords
With optional keyword argument exception
given as true
(the default):
-
Raises
TypeError
ifobject
does not respond toto_int
orto_i
. -
Raises
TypeError
ifobject
isnil
. -
Raise
ArgumentError
ifobject
is an invalid string.
With exception
given as false
, an exception of any kind is suppressed and nil
is returned.
# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.2.0/ext/json/lib/json/common.rb, line 685
def JSON(object, *args)
if object.respond_to? :to_str
JSON.parse(object.to_str, args.first)
else
JSON.generate(object, args.first)
end
end
If object is string-like, parse the string and return the parsed result as a Ruby data structure. Otherwise, generate a JSON
text from the Ruby data structure object and return it.
The opts argument is passed through to generate/parse respectively. See generate and parse for their documentation.
static VALUE
path_f_pathname(VALUE self, VALUE str)
{
if (CLASS_OF(str) == rb_cPathname)
return str;
return rb_class_new_instance(1, &str, rb_cPathname);
}
Creates a new Pathname
object from the given string, path
, and returns pathname object.
In order to use this constructor, you must first require the Pathname
standard library extension.
require 'pathname' Pathname("/home/zzak") #=> #<Pathname:/home/zzak>
See also Pathname::new
for more information.
static VALUE
nurat_f_rational(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
{
VALUE a1, a2, opts = Qnil;
int raise = TRUE;
if (rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "11:", &a1, &a2, &opts) == 1) {
a2 = Qundef;
}
if (!NIL_P(opts)) {
raise = rb_opts_exception_p(opts, raise);
}
return nurat_convert(rb_cRational, a1, a2, raise);
}
Returns x/y
or arg
as a Rational
.
Rational(2, 3) #=> (2/3) Rational(5) #=> (5/1) Rational(0.5) #=> (1/2) Rational(0.3) #=> (5404319552844595/18014398509481984) Rational("2/3") #=> (2/3) Rational("0.3") #=> (3/10) Rational("10 cents") #=> ArgumentError Rational(nil) #=> TypeError Rational(1, nil) #=> TypeError Rational("10 cents", exception: false) #=> nil
Syntax of the string form:
string form = extra spaces , rational , extra spaces ; rational = [ sign ] , unsigned rational ; unsigned rational = numerator | numerator , "/" , denominator ; numerator = integer part | fractional part | integer part , fractional part ; denominator = digits ; integer part = digits ; fractional part = "." , digits , [ ( "e" | "E" ) , [ sign ] , digits ] ; sign = "-" | "+" ; digits = digit , { digit | "_" , digit } ; digit = "0" | "1" | "2" | "3" | "4" | "5" | "6" | "7" | "8" | "9" ; extra spaces = ? \s* ? ;
See also String#to_r
.
static VALUE
rb_f_string(VALUE obj, VALUE arg)
{
return rb_String(arg);
}
Returns a string converted from object
.
Tries to convert object
to a string using to_str
first and to_s
second:
String([0, 1, 2]) # => "[0, 1, 2]" String(0..5) # => "0..5" String({foo: 0, bar: 1}) # => "{:foo=>0, :bar=>1}"
Raises TypeError
if object
cannot be converted to a string.
# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.2.0/lib/uri/common.rb, line 718
def URI(uri)
if uri.is_a?(URI::Generic)
uri
elsif uri = String.try_convert(uri)
URI.parse(uri)
else
raise ArgumentError,
"bad argument (expected URI object or URI string)"
end
end
Returns uri
converted to an URI
object.
static VALUE
rb_f_callee_name(VALUE _)
{
ID fname = prev_frame_callee(); /* need *callee* ID */
if (fname) {
return ID2SYM(fname);
}
else {
return Qnil;
}
}
Returns the called name of the current method as a Symbol
. If called outside of a method, it returns nil
.
static VALUE
f_current_dirname(VALUE _)
{
VALUE base = rb_current_realfilepath();
if (NIL_P(base)) {
return Qnil;
}
base = rb_file_dirname(base);
return base;
}
Returns the canonicalized absolute path of the directory of the file from which this method is called. It means symlinks in the path is resolved. If __FILE__
is nil
, it returns nil
. The return value equals to File.dirname(File.realpath(__FILE__))
.
static VALUE
rb_f_method_name(VALUE _)
{
ID fname = prev_frame_func(); /* need *method* ID */
if (fname) {
return ID2SYM(fname);
}
else {
return Qnil;
}
}
Returns the name at the definition of the current method as a Symbol
. If called outside of a method, it returns nil
.
static VALUE
rb_f_backquote(VALUE obj, VALUE str)
{
VALUE port;
VALUE result;
rb_io_t *fptr;
SafeStringValue(str);
rb_last_status_clear();
port = pipe_open_s(str, "r", FMODE_READABLE|DEFAULT_TEXTMODE, NULL);
if (NIL_P(port)) return rb_str_new(0,0);
GetOpenFile(port, fptr);
result = read_all(fptr, remain_size(fptr), Qnil);
rb_io_close(port);
RFILE(port)->fptr = NULL;
rb_io_fptr_finalize(fptr);
RB_GC_GUARD(port);
return result;
}
Returns the $stdout
output from running command
in a subshell; sets global variable $?
to the process status.
This method has potential security vulnerabilities if called with untrusted input; see Command Injection.
Examples:
$ `date` # => "Wed Apr 9 08:56:30 CDT 2003\n" $ `echo oops && exit 99` # => "oops\n" $ $? # => #<Process::Status: pid 17088 exit 99> $ $?.status # => 99>
The built-in syntax %x{...}
uses this method.
static VALUE
f_abort(int c, const VALUE *a, VALUE _)
{
rb_f_abort(c, a);
UNREACHABLE_RETURN(Qnil);
}
Terminate execution immediately, effectively by calling Kernel.exit(false)
. If msg is given, it is written to STDERR prior to terminating.
static VALUE
rb_f_at_exit(VALUE _)
{
VALUE proc;
if (!rb_block_given_p()) {
rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "called without a block");
}
proc = rb_block_proc();
rb_set_end_proc(rb_call_end_proc, proc);
return proc;
}
Converts block to a Proc
object (and therefore binds it at the point of call) and registers it for execution when the program exits. If multiple handlers are registered, they are executed in reverse order of registration.
def do_at_exit(str1) at_exit { print str1 } end at_exit { puts "cruel world" } do_at_exit("goodbye ") exit
produces:
goodbye cruel world
static VALUE
rb_f_autoload(VALUE obj, VALUE sym, VALUE file)
{
VALUE klass = rb_class_real(rb_vm_cbase());
if (!klass) {
rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "Can not set autoload on singleton class");
}
return rb_mod_autoload(klass, sym, file);
}
Registers _filename_ to be loaded (using Kernel::require) the first time that _const_ (which may be a String or a symbol) is accessed. autoload(:MyModule, "/usr/local/lib/modules/my_module.rb")
If const is defined as autoload, the file name to be loaded is replaced with filename. If const is defined but not as autoload, does nothing.
static VALUE
rb_f_autoload_p(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE obj)
{
/* use rb_vm_cbase() as same as rb_f_autoload. */
VALUE klass = rb_vm_cbase();
if (NIL_P(klass)) {
return Qnil;
}
return rb_mod_autoload_p(argc, argv, klass);
}
Returns filename to be loaded if name is registered as autoload
.
autoload(:B, "b") autoload?(:B) #=> "b"
static VALUE
rb_f_binding(VALUE self)
{
return rb_binding_new();
}
Returns a Binding
object, describing the variable and method bindings at the point of call. This object can be used when calling eval
to execute the evaluated command in this environment. See also the description of class Binding
.
def get_binding(param) binding end b = get_binding("hello") eval("param", b) #=> "hello"
static VALUE
rb_f_block_given_p(VALUE _)
{
rb_execution_context_t *ec = GET_EC();
rb_control_frame_t *cfp = ec->cfp;
cfp = vm_get_ruby_level_caller_cfp(ec, RUBY_VM_PREVIOUS_CONTROL_FRAME(cfp));
return RBOOL(cfp != NULL && VM_CF_BLOCK_HANDLER(cfp) != VM_BLOCK_HANDLER_NONE);
}
Returns true
if yield
would execute a block in the current context. The iterator?
form is mildly deprecated.
def try if block_given? yield else "no block" end end try #=> "no block" try { "hello" } #=> "hello" try do "hello" end #=> "hello"
static VALUE
rb_callcc(VALUE self)
{
volatile int called;
volatile VALUE val = cont_capture(&called);
if (called) {
return val;
}
else {
return rb_yield(val);
}
}
Generates a Continuation
object, which it passes to the associated block. You need to require 'continuation'
before using this method. Performing a cont.call
will cause the callcc
to return (as will falling through the end of the block). The value returned by the callcc
is the value of the block, or the value passed to cont.call
. See class Continuation
for more details. Also see Kernel#throw
for an alternative mechanism for unwinding a call stack.
static VALUE
rb_f_caller(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE _)
{
return ec_backtrace_to_ary(GET_EC(), argc, argv, 1, 1, 1);
}
Returns the current execution stack—an array containing strings in the form file:line
or file:line: in `method'
.
The optional start parameter determines the number of initial stack entries to omit from the top of the stack.
A second optional length
parameter can be used to limit how many entries are returned from the stack.
Returns nil
if start is greater than the size of current execution stack.
Optionally you can pass a range, which will return an array containing the entries within the specified range.
def a(skip) caller(skip) end def b(skip) a(skip) end def c(skip) b(skip) end c(0) #=> ["prog:2:in `a'", "prog:5:in `b'", "prog:8:in `c'", "prog:10:in `<main>'"] c(1) #=> ["prog:5:in `b'", "prog:8:in `c'", "prog:11:in `<main>'"] c(2) #=> ["prog:8:in `c'", "prog:12:in `<main>'"] c(3) #=> ["prog:13:in `<main>'"] c(4) #=> [] c(5) #=> nil
static VALUE
rb_f_caller_locations(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE _)
{
return ec_backtrace_to_ary(GET_EC(), argc, argv, 1, 1, 0);
}
Returns the current execution stack—an array containing backtrace location objects.
See Thread::Backtrace::Location
for more information.
The optional start parameter determines the number of initial stack entries to omit from the top of the stack.
A second optional length
parameter can be used to limit how many entries are returned from the stack.
Returns nil
if start is greater than the size of current execution stack.
Optionally you can pass a range, which will return an array containing the entries within the specified range.
static VALUE
rb_f_catch(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
VALUE tag = rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 1) ? argv[0] : rb_obj_alloc(rb_cObject);
return rb_catch_obj(tag, catch_i, 0);
}
catch
executes its block. If throw
is not called, the block executes normally, and catch
returns the value of the last expression evaluated.
catch(1) { 123 } # => 123
If throw(tag2, val)
is called, Ruby searches up its stack for a catch
block whose tag
has the same object_id
as tag2. When found, the block stops executing and returns val (or nil
if no second argument was given to throw
).
catch(1) { throw(1, 456) } # => 456 catch(1) { throw(1) } # => nil
When tag
is passed as the first argument, catch
yields it as the parameter of the block.
catch(1) {|x| x + 2 } # => 3
When no tag
is given, catch
yields a new unique object (as from Object.new
) as the block parameter. This object can then be used as the argument to throw
, and will match the correct catch
block.
catch do |obj_A| catch do |obj_B| throw(obj_B, 123) puts "This puts is not reached" end puts "This puts is displayed" 456 end # => 456 catch do |obj_A| catch do |obj_B| throw(obj_A, 123) puts "This puts is still not reached" end puts "Now this puts is also not reached" 456 end # => 123
static VALUE
rb_f_chomp(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE _)
{
VALUE str = rb_funcall_passing_block(uscore_get(), rb_intern("chomp"), argc, argv);
rb_lastline_set(str);
return str;
}
Equivalent to $_ = $_.chomp(string)
. See String#chomp
. Available only when -p/-n command line option specified.
static VALUE
rb_f_chop(VALUE _)
{
VALUE str = rb_funcall_passing_block(uscore_get(), rb_intern("chop"), 0, 0);
rb_lastline_set(str);
return str;
}
Equivalent to ($_.dup).chop!
, except nil
is never returned. See String#chop!
. Available only when -p/-n command line option specified.
# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.2.0/kernel.rb, line 18
def class
Primitive.attr! 'inline'
Primitive.cexpr! 'rb_obj_class(self)'
end
Returns the class of obj. This method must always be called with an explicit receiver, as class
is also a reserved word in Ruby.
1.class #=> Integer self.class #=> Object
# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.2.0/kernel.rb, line 47
def clone(freeze: nil)
Primitive.rb_obj_clone2(freeze)
end
Produces a shallow copy of obj—the instance variables of obj are copied, but not the objects they reference. clone
copies the frozen value state of obj, unless the :freeze
keyword argument is given with a false or true value. 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.
VALUE
rb_f_eval(int argc, const VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
VALUE src, scope, vfile, vline;
VALUE file = Qundef;
int line = 1;
rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "13", &src, &scope, &vfile, &vline);
SafeStringValue(src);
if (argc >= 3) {
StringValue(vfile);
}
if (argc >= 4) {
line = NUM2INT(vline);
}
if (!NIL_P(vfile))
file = vfile;
if (NIL_P(scope))
return eval_string_with_cref(self, src, NULL, file, line);
else
return eval_string_with_scope(scope, src, file, line);
}
Evaluates the Ruby expression(s) in string. If binding is given, which must be a Binding
object, the evaluation is performed in its context. If the optional filename and lineno parameters are present, they will be used when reporting syntax errors.
def get_binding(str) return binding end str = "hello" eval "str + ' Fred'" #=> "hello Fred" eval "str + ' Fred'", get_binding("bye") #=> "bye Fred"
static VALUE
f_exec(int c, const VALUE *a, VALUE _)
{
rb_f_exec(c, a);
UNREACHABLE_RETURN(Qnil);
}
Replaces the current process by running the given external command, which can take one of the following forms:
exec(commandline)
-
command line string which is passed to the standard shell
exec(cmdname, arg1, ...)
-
command name and one or more arguments (no shell)
exec([cmdname, argv0], arg1, ...)
-
command name,
argv[0]
and zero or more arguments (no shell)
In the first form, the string is taken as a command line that is subject to shell expansion before being executed.
The standard shell always means "/bin/sh"
on Unix-like systems, otherwise, ENV["RUBYSHELL"]
or ENV["COMSPEC"]
on Windows and similar. The command is passed as an argument to the "-c"
switch to the shell, except in the case of COMSPEC
.
If the string from the first form (exec("command")
) follows these simple rules:
-
no meta characters,
-
not starting with shell reserved word or special built-in,
Ruby invokes the command directly without shell.
You can force shell invocation by adding “;” to the string (because “;” is a meta character).
Note that this behavior is observable by pid obtained (return value of spawn() and IO#pid
for IO.popen
) is the pid of the invoked command, not shell.
In the second form (exec("command1", "arg1", ...)
), the first is taken as a command name and the rest are passed as parameters to command with no shell expansion.
In the third form (exec(["command", "argv0"], "arg1", ...)
), starting a two-element array at the beginning of the command, the first element is the command to be executed, and the second argument is used as the argv[0]
value, which may show up in process listings.
In order to execute the command, one of the exec(2)
system calls are used, so the running command may inherit some of the environment of the original program (including open file descriptors).
This behavior is modified by the given env
and options
parameters. See ::spawn for details.
If the command fails to execute (typically Errno::ENOENT when it was not found) a SystemCallError
exception is raised.
This method modifies process attributes according to given options
before exec(2)
system call. See ::spawn for more details about the given options
.
The modified attributes may be retained when exec(2)
system call fails.
For example, hard resource limits are not restorable.
Consider to create a child process using ::spawn or Kernel#system
if this is not acceptable.
exec "echo *" # echoes list of files in current directory # never get here exec "echo", "*" # echoes an asterisk # never get here
static VALUE
f_exit(int c, const VALUE *a, VALUE _)
{
rb_f_exit(c, a);
UNREACHABLE_RETURN(Qnil);
}
Initiates the termination of the Ruby script by raising the SystemExit
exception. This exception may be caught. The optional parameter is used to return a status code to the invoking environment. true
and FALSE
of status means success and failure respectively. The interpretation of other integer values are system dependent.
begin exit puts "never get here" rescue SystemExit puts "rescued a SystemExit exception" end puts "after begin block"
produces:
rescued a SystemExit exception after begin block
Just prior to termination, Ruby executes any at_exit
functions (see Kernel::at_exit) and runs any object finalizers (see ObjectSpace::define_finalizer
).
at_exit { puts "at_exit function" } ObjectSpace.define_finalizer("string", proc { puts "in finalizer" }) exit
produces:
at_exit function in finalizer
static VALUE
rb_f_exit_bang(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE obj)
{
int istatus;
if (rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 1) == 1) {
istatus = exit_status_code(argv[0]);
}
else {
istatus = EXIT_FAILURE;
}
_exit(istatus);
UNREACHABLE_RETURN(Qnil);
}
Exits the process immediately. No exit handlers are run. status is returned to the underlying system as the exit status.
Process.exit!(true)
static VALUE
rb_f_fork(VALUE obj)
{
rb_pid_t pid;
pid = rb_call_proc__fork();
if (pid == 0) {
if (rb_block_given_p()) {
int status;
rb_protect(rb_yield, Qundef, &status);
ruby_stop(status);
}
return Qnil;
}
return PIDT2NUM(pid);
}
Creates a subprocess. If a block is specified, that block is run in the subprocess, and the subprocess terminates with a status of zero. Otherwise, the fork
call returns twice, once in the parent, returning the process ID of the child, and once in the child, returning nil. The child process can exit using Kernel.exit!
to avoid running any at_exit
functions. The parent process should use Process.wait
to collect the termination statuses of its children or use Process.detach
to register disinterest in their status; otherwise, the operating system may accumulate zombie processes.
The thread calling fork is the only thread in the created child process. fork doesn’t copy other threads.
If fork is not usable, Process.respond_to?(:fork) returns false.
Note that fork(2) is not available on some platforms like Windows and NetBSD 4. Therefore you should use spawn() instead of fork().
# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.2.0/kernel.rb, line 67
def frozen?
Primitive.attr! 'inline'
Primitive.cexpr! 'rb_obj_frozen_p(self)'
end
Returns the freeze status of obj.
a = [ "a", "b", "c" ] a.freeze #=> ["a", "b", "c"] a.frozen? #=> true
# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.2.0/lib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_gem.rb, line 41
def gem(gem_name, *requirements) # :doc:
skip_list = (ENV["GEM_SKIP"] || "").split(/:/)
raise Gem::LoadError, "skipping #{gem_name}" if skip_list.include? gem_name
if gem_name.kind_of? Gem::Dependency
unless Gem::Deprecate.skip
warn "#{Gem.location_of_caller.join ':'}:Warning: Kernel.gem no longer "\
"accepts a Gem::Dependency object, please pass the name "\
"and requirements directly"
end
requirements = gem_name.requirement
gem_name = gem_name.name
end
dep = Gem::Dependency.new(gem_name, *requirements)
loaded = Gem.loaded_specs[gem_name]
return false if loaded && dep.matches_spec?(loaded)
spec = dep.to_spec
if spec
if Gem::LOADED_SPECS_MUTEX.owned?
spec.activate
else
Gem::LOADED_SPECS_MUTEX.synchronize { spec.activate }
end
end
end
Use Kernel#gem
to activate a specific version of gem_name
.
requirements
is a list of version requirements that the specified gem must match, most commonly “= example.version.number”. See Gem::Requirement
for how to specify a version requirement.
If you will be activating the latest version of a gem, there is no need to call Kernel#gem
, Kernel#require
will do the right thing for you.
Kernel#gem
returns true if the gem was activated, otherwise false. If the gem could not be found, didn’t match the version requirements, or a different version was already activated, an exception will be raised.
Kernel#gem
should be called before any require statements (otherwise RubyGems may load a conflicting library version).
Kernel#gem
only loads prerelease versions when prerelease requirements
are given:
gem 'rake', '>= 1.1.a', '< 2'
In older RubyGems versions, the environment variable GEM_SKIP could be used to skip activation of specified gems, for example to test out changes that haven’t been installed yet. Now RubyGems defers to -I and the RUBYLIB environment variable to skip activation of a gem.
Example:
GEM_SKIP=libA:libB ruby -I../libA -I../libB ./mycode.rb
static VALUE
rb_f_gets(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE recv)
{
if (recv == argf) {
return argf_gets(argc, argv, argf);
}
return forward(argf, idGets, argc, argv);
}
Returns (and assigns to $_
) the next line from the list of files in ARGV
(or $*
), or from standard input if no files are present on the command line. Returns nil
at end of file. The optional argument specifies the record separator. The separator is included with the contents of each record. A separator of nil
reads the entire contents, and a zero-length separator reads the input one paragraph at a time, where paragraphs are divided by two consecutive newlines. If the first argument is an integer, or optional second argument is given, the returning string would not be longer than the given value in bytes. If multiple filenames are present in ARGV
, gets(nil)
will read the contents one file at a time.
ARGV << "testfile" print while gets
produces:
This is line one This is line two This is line three And so on...
The style of programming using $_
as an implicit parameter is gradually losing favor in the Ruby community.
static VALUE
f_global_variables(VALUE _)
{
return rb_f_global_variables();
}
Returns an array of the names of global variables. This includes special regexp global variables such as $~
and $+
, but does not include the numbered regexp global variables ($1
, $2
, etc.).
global_variables.grep /std/ #=> [:$stdin, :$stdout, :$stderr]
static VALUE
rb_f_gsub(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE _)
{
VALUE str = rb_funcall_passing_block(uscore_get(), rb_intern("gsub"), argc, argv);
rb_lastline_set(str);
return str;
}
Equivalent to $_.gsub...
, except that $_
will be updated if substitution occurs. Available only when -p/-n command line option specified.
static VALUE
rb_f_iterator_p(VALUE self)
{
rb_warn_deprecated("iterator?", "block_given?");
return rb_f_block_given_p(self);
}
Deprecated. Use block_given? instead.
# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.2.0/ext/json/lib/json/common.rb, line 663
def j(*objs)
objs.each do |obj|
puts JSON::generate(obj, :allow_nan => true, :max_nesting => false)
end
nil
end
Outputs objs to STDOUT as JSON
strings in the shortest form, that is in one line.
# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.2.0/ext/json/lib/json/common.rb, line 672
def jj(*objs)
objs.each do |obj|
puts JSON::pretty_generate(obj, :allow_nan => true, :max_nesting => false)
end
nil
end
Outputs objs to STDOUT as JSON
strings in a pretty format, with indentation and over many lines.
static VALUE
f_lambda(VALUE _)
{
f_lambda_warn();
return rb_block_lambda();
}
# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.2.0/lib/syntax_suggest/core_ext.rb, line 78
def load(file, wrap = false)
syntax_suggest_original_load(file)
rescue SyntaxError => e
require "syntax_suggest/api" unless defined?(SyntaxSuggest::DEFAULT_VALUE)
SyntaxSuggest.handle_error(e)
end
Loads and executes the Ruby program in the file filename.
If the filename is an absolute path (e.g. starts with ‘/’), the file will be loaded directly using the absolute path.
If the filename is an explicit relative path (e.g. starts with ‘./’ or ‘../’), the file will be loaded using the relative path from the current directory.
Otherwise, the file will be searched for in the library directories listed in $LOAD_PATH
($:
). If the file is found in a directory, it will attempt to load the file relative to that directory. If the file is not found in any of the directories in $LOAD_PATH
, the file will be loaded using the relative path from the current directory.
If the file doesn’t exist when there is an attempt to load it, a LoadError
will be raised.
If the optional wrap parameter is true
, the loaded script will be executed under an anonymous module, protecting the calling program’s global namespace. If the optional wrap parameter is a module, the loaded script will be executed under the given module. In no circumstance will any local variables in the loaded file be propagated to the loading environment.
static VALUE
rb_f_local_variables(VALUE _)
{
struct local_var_list vars;
rb_execution_context_t *ec = GET_EC();
rb_control_frame_t *cfp = vm_get_ruby_level_caller_cfp(ec, RUBY_VM_PREVIOUS_CONTROL_FRAME(ec->cfp));
unsigned int i;
local_var_list_init(&vars);
while (cfp) {
if (cfp->iseq) {
for (i = 0; i < ISEQ_BODY(cfp->iseq)->local_table_size; i++) {
local_var_list_add(&vars, ISEQ_BODY(cfp->iseq)->local_table[i]);
}
}
if (!VM_ENV_LOCAL_P(cfp->ep)) {
/* block */
const VALUE *ep = VM_CF_PREV_EP(cfp);
if (vm_collect_local_variables_in_heap(ep, &vars)) {
break;
}
else {
while (cfp->ep != ep) {
cfp = RUBY_VM_PREVIOUS_CONTROL_FRAME(cfp);
}
}
}
else {
break;
}
}
return local_var_list_finish(&vars);
}
Returns the names of the current local variables.
fred = 1 for i in 1..10 # ... end local_variables #=> [:fred, :i]
static VALUE
rb_f_loop(VALUE self)
{
RETURN_SIZED_ENUMERATOR(self, 0, 0, rb_f_loop_size);
return rb_rescue2(loop_i, (VALUE)0, loop_stop, (VALUE)0, rb_eStopIteration, (VALUE)0);
}
Repeatedly executes the block.
If no block is given, an enumerator is returned instead.
loop do print "Input: " line = gets break if !line or line =~ /^q/i # ... end
StopIteration
raised in the block breaks the loop. In this case, loop returns the “result” value stored in the exception.
enum = Enumerator.new { |y| y << "one" y << "two" :ok } result = loop { puts enum.next } #=> :ok
static VALUE
rb_f_open(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE _)
{
ID to_open = 0;
int redirect = FALSE;
if (argc >= 1) {
CONST_ID(to_open, "to_open");
if (rb_respond_to(argv[0], to_open)) {
redirect = TRUE;
}
else {
VALUE tmp = argv[0];
FilePathValue(tmp);
if (NIL_P(tmp)) {
redirect = TRUE;
}
else {
VALUE cmd = check_pipe_command(tmp);
if (!NIL_P(cmd)) {
argv[0] = cmd;
return rb_io_s_popen(argc, argv, rb_cIO);
}
}
}
}
if (redirect) {
VALUE io = rb_funcallv_kw(argv[0], to_open, argc-1, argv+1, RB_PASS_CALLED_KEYWORDS);
if (rb_block_given_p()) {
return rb_ensure(rb_yield, io, io_close, io);
}
return io;
}
return rb_io_s_open(argc, argv, rb_cFile);
}
Creates an IO
object connected to the given stream, file, or subprocess.
Required string argument path
determines which of the following occurs:
-
The file at the specified
path
is opened. -
The process forks.
-
A subprocess is created.
Each of these is detailed below.
File Opened
If path
does not start with a pipe character ('|'
), a file stream is opened with File.open(path, mode, perm, **opts)
.
With no block given, file stream is returned:
open('t.txt') # => #<File:t.txt>
With a block given, calls the block with the open file stream, then closes the stream:
open('t.txt') {|f| p f } # => #<File:t.txt (closed)>
Output:
#<File:t.txt>
See File.open
for details.
Process Forked
If path
is the 2-character string '|-'
, the process forks and the child process is connected to the parent.
With no block given:
io = open('|-') if io $stderr.puts "In parent, child pid is #{io.pid}." else $stderr.puts "In child, pid is #{$$}." end
Output:
In parent, child pid is 27903. In child, pid is 27903.
With a block given:
open('|-') do |io| if io $stderr.puts "In parent, child pid is #{io.pid}." else $stderr.puts "In child, pid is #{$$}." end end
Output:
In parent, child pid is 28427. In child, pid is 28427.
Subprocess Created
If path
is '|command'
('command' != '-'
), a new subprocess runs the command; its open stream is returned. Note that the command may be processed by shell if it contains shell metacharacters.
With no block given:
io = open('|echo "Hi!"') # => #<IO:fd 12> print io.gets io.close
Output:
"Hi!"
With a block given, calls the block with the stream, then closes the stream:
open('|echo "Hi!"') do |io| print io.gets end
Output:
"Hi!"
static VALUE
rb_f_p(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
int i;
for (i=0; i<argc; i++) {
VALUE inspected = rb_obj_as_string(rb_inspect(argv[i]));
rb_uninterruptible(rb_p_write, inspected);
}
return rb_p_result(argc, argv);
}
For each object obj
, executes:
$stdout.write(obj.inspect, "\n")
With one object given, returns the object; with multiple objects given, returns an array containing the objects; with no object given, returns nil
.
Examples:
r = Range.new(0, 4) p r # => 0..4 p [r, r, r] # => [0..4, 0..4, 0..4] p # => nil
Output:
0..4 [0..4, 0..4, 0..4]
# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.2.0/lib/pp.rb, line 644
def pp(*objs)
objs.each {|obj|
PP.pp(obj)
}
objs.size <= 1 ? objs.first : objs
end
prints arguments in pretty form.
pp returns argument(s).
# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.2.0/lib/pp.rb, line 637
def pretty_inspect
PP.pp(self, ''.dup)
end
static VALUE
rb_f_print(int argc, const VALUE *argv, VALUE _)
{
rb_io_print(argc, argv, rb_ractor_stdout());
return Qnil;
}
Equivalent to $stdout.print(*objects)
, this method is the straightforward way to write to $stdout
.
Writes the given objects to $stdout
; returns nil
. Appends the output record separator $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR
$\
), if it is not nil
.
With argument objects
given, for each object:
-
Converts via its method
to_s
if not a string. -
Writes to
stdout
. -
If not the last object, writes the output field separator
$OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR
($,
if it is notnil
.
With default separators:
objects = [0, 0.0, Rational(0, 1), Complex(0, 0), :zero, 'zero'] $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR print(*objects)
Output:
nil nil 00.00/10+0izerozero
With specified separators:
$OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR = "\n" $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR = ',' print(*objects)
Output:
0,0.0,0/1,0+0i,zero,zero
With no argument given, writes the content of $_
(which is usually the most recent user input):
gets # Sets $_ to the most recent user input. print # Prints $_.
static VALUE
rb_f_printf(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE _)
{
VALUE out;
if (argc == 0) return Qnil;
if (RB_TYPE_P(argv[0], T_STRING)) {
out = rb_ractor_stdout();
}
else {
out = argv[0];
argv++;
argc--;
}
rb_io_write(out, rb_f_sprintf(argc, argv));
return Qnil;
}
Equivalent to:
io.write(sprintf(format_string, *objects))
For details on format_string
, see Format Specifications.
With the single argument format_string
, formats objects
into the string, then writes the formatted string to $stdout:
printf('%4.4d %10s %2.2f', 24, 24, 24.0)
Output (on $stdout):
0024 24 24.00#
With arguments io
and format_string
, formats objects
into the string, then writes the formatted string to io
:
printf($stderr, '%4.4d %10s %2.2f', 24, 24, 24.0)
Output (on $stderr):
0024 24 24.00# => nil
With no arguments, does nothing.
static VALUE
f_proc(VALUE _)
{
return proc_new(rb_cProc, FALSE, TRUE);
}
Equivalent to Proc.new
.
static VALUE
rb_f_putc(VALUE recv, VALUE ch)
{
VALUE r_stdout = rb_ractor_stdout();
if (recv == r_stdout) {
return rb_io_putc(recv, ch);
}
return forward(r_stdout, rb_intern("putc"), 1, &ch);
}
Equivalent to:
$stdout.putc(int)
See IO#putc
for important information regarding multi-byte characters.
static VALUE
rb_f_puts(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE recv)
{
VALUE r_stdout = rb_ractor_stdout();
if (recv == r_stdout) {
return rb_io_puts(argc, argv, recv);
}
return forward(r_stdout, rb_intern("puts"), argc, argv);
}
Equivalent to
$stdout.puts(objects)
static VALUE
f_raise(int c, VALUE *v, VALUE _)
{
return rb_f_raise(c, v);
}
With no arguments, raises the exception in $!
or raises a RuntimeError
if $!
is nil
. With a single String
argument, raises a RuntimeError
with the string as a message. Otherwise, the first parameter should be an Exception
class (or another object that returns an Exception
object when sent an exception
message). The optional second parameter sets the message associated with the exception (accessible via Exception#message
), and the third parameter is an array of callback information (accessible via Exception#backtrace
). The cause
of the generated exception (accessible via Exception#cause
) is automatically set to the “current” exception ($!
), if any. An alternative value, either an Exception
object or nil
, can be specified via the :cause
argument.
Exceptions are caught by the rescue
clause of begin...end
blocks.
raise "Failed to create socket" raise ArgumentError, "No parameters", caller
static VALUE
rb_f_rand(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE obj)
{
VALUE vmax;
rb_random_t *rnd = rand_start(default_rand());
if (rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 1) && !NIL_P(vmax = argv[0])) {
VALUE v = rand_range(obj, rnd, vmax);
if (v != Qfalse) return v;
vmax = rb_to_int(vmax);
if (vmax != INT2FIX(0)) {
v = rand_int(obj, rnd, vmax, 0);
if (!NIL_P(v)) return v;
}
}
return DBL2NUM(random_real(obj, rnd, TRUE));
}
If called without an argument, or if max.to_i.abs == 0
, rand returns a pseudo-random floating point number between 0.0 and 1.0, including 0.0 and excluding 1.0.
rand #=> 0.2725926052826416
When max.abs
is greater than or equal to 1, rand
returns a pseudo-random integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than max.to_i.abs
.
rand(100) #=> 12
When max
is a Range
, rand
returns a random number where range.member?(number) == true
.
Negative or floating point values for max
are allowed, but may give surprising results.
rand(-100) # => 87 rand(-0.5) # => 0.8130921818028143 rand(1.9) # equivalent to rand(1), which is always 0
Kernel.srand
may be used to ensure that sequences of random numbers are reproducible between different runs of a program.
See also Random.rand
.
static VALUE
rb_f_readline(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE recv)
{
if (recv == argf) {
return argf_readline(argc, argv, argf);
}
return forward(argf, rb_intern("readline"), argc, argv);
}
Equivalent to method Kernel#gets
, except that it raises an exception if called at end-of-stream:
$ cat t.txt | ruby -e "p readlines; readline" ["First line\n", "Second line\n", "\n", "Fourth line\n", "Fifth line\n"] in `readline': end of file reached (EOFError)
Optional keyword argument chomp
specifies whether line separators are to be omitted.
static VALUE
rb_f_readlines(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE recv)
{
if (recv == argf) {
return argf_readlines(argc, argv, argf);
}
return forward(argf, rb_intern("readlines"), argc, argv);
}
Returns an array containing the lines returned by calling Kernel#gets
until the end-of-stream is reached; (see Line IO).
With only string argument sep
given, returns the remaining lines as determined by line separator sep
, or nil
if none; see Line Separator:
# Default separator. $ cat t.txt | ruby -e "p readlines" ["First line\n", "Second line\n", "\n", "Fourth line\n", "Fifth line\n"] # Specified separator. $ cat t.txt | ruby -e "p readlines 'li'" ["First li", "ne\nSecond li", "ne\n\nFourth li", "ne\nFifth li", "ne\n"] # Get-all separator. $ cat t.txt | ruby -e "p readlines nil" ["First line\nSecond line\n\nFourth line\nFifth line\n"] # Get-paragraph separator. $ cat t.txt | ruby -e "p readlines ''" ["First line\nSecond line\n\n", "Fourth line\nFifth line\n"]
With only integer argument limit
given, limits the number of bytes in the line; see Line Limit:
$cat t.txt | ruby -e "p readlines 10" ["First line", "\n", "Second lin", "e\n", "\n", "Fourth lin", "e\n", "Fifth line", "\n"] $cat t.txt | ruby -e "p readlines 11" ["First line\n", "Second line", "\n", "\n", "Fourth line", "\n", "Fifth line\n"] $cat t.txt | ruby -e "p readlines 12" ["First line\n", "Second line\n", "\n", "Fourth line\n", "Fifth line\n"]
With arguments sep
and limit
given, combines the two behaviors; see Line Separator and Line Limit.
Optional keyword argument chomp
specifies whether line separators are to be omitted:
$ cat t.txt | ruby -e "p readlines(chomp: true)" ["First line", "Second line", "", "Fourth line", "Fifth line"]
Optional keyword arguments enc_opts
specify encoding options; see Encoding options.
# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.2.0/lib/syntax_suggest/core_ext.rb, line 86
def require(file)
syntax_suggest_original_require(file)
rescue SyntaxError => e
require "syntax_suggest/api" unless defined?(SyntaxSuggest::DEFAULT_VALUE)
SyntaxSuggest.handle_error(e)
end
Loads the given name
, returning true
if successful and false
if the feature is already loaded.
If the filename neither resolves to an absolute path nor starts with ‘./’ or ‘../’, the file will be searched for in the library directories listed in $LOAD_PATH
($:
). If the filename starts with ‘./’ or ‘../’, resolution is based on Dir.pwd
.
If the filename has the extension “.rb”, it is loaded as a source file; if the extension is “.so”, “.o”, or “.dll”, or the default shared library extension on the current platform, Ruby loads the shared library as a Ruby extension. Otherwise, Ruby tries adding “.rb”, “.so”, and so on to the name until found. If the file named cannot be found, a LoadError
will be raised.
For Ruby extensions the filename given may use any shared library extension. For example, on Linux the socket extension is “socket.so” and require 'socket.dll'
will load the socket extension.
The absolute path of the loaded file is added to $LOADED_FEATURES
($"
). A file will not be loaded again if its path already appears in $"
. For example, require 'a'; require './a'
will not load a.rb
again.
require "my-library.rb" require "db-driver"
Any constants or globals within the loaded source file will be available in the calling program’s global namespace. However, local variables will not be propagated to the loading environment.
# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.2.0/lib/syntax_suggest/core_ext.rb, line 94
def require_relative(file)
if Pathname.new(file).absolute?
syntax_suggest_original_require file
else
relative_from = caller_locations(1..1).first
relative_from_path = relative_from.absolute_path || relative_from.path
syntax_suggest_original_require File.expand_path("../#{file}", relative_from_path)
end
rescue SyntaxError => e
require "syntax_suggest/api" unless defined?(SyntaxSuggest::DEFAULT_VALUE)
SyntaxSuggest.handle_error(e)
end
Ruby tries to load the library named string relative to the directory containing the requiring file. If the file does not exist a LoadError
is raised. Returns true
if the file was loaded and false
if the file was already loaded before.
static VALUE
rb_f_select(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE obj)
{
VALUE scheduler = rb_fiber_scheduler_current();
if (scheduler != Qnil) {
// It's optionally supported.
VALUE result = rb_fiber_scheduler_io_selectv(scheduler, argc, argv);
if (!UNDEF_P(result)) return result;
}
VALUE timeout;
struct select_args args;
struct timeval timerec;
int i;
rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "13", &args.read, &args.write, &args.except, &timeout);
if (NIL_P(timeout)) {
args.timeout = 0;
}
else {
timerec = rb_time_interval(timeout);
args.timeout = &timerec;
}
for (i = 0; i < numberof(args.fdsets); ++i)
rb_fd_init(&args.fdsets[i]);
return rb_ensure(select_call, (VALUE)&args, select_end, (VALUE)&args);
}
Invokes system call select(2), which monitors multiple file descriptors, waiting until one or more of the file descriptors becomes ready for some class of I/O operation.
Not implemented on all platforms.
Each of the arguments read_ios
, write_ios
, and error_ios
is an array of IO
objects.
Argument timeout
is an integer timeout interval in seconds.
The method monitors the IO objects given in all three arrays, waiting for some to be ready; returns a 3-element array whose elements are:
-
An array of the objects in
read_ios
that are ready for reading. -
An array of the objects in
write_ios
that are ready for writing. -
An array of the objects in
error_ios
have pending exceptions.
If no object becomes ready within the given timeout
, nil
is returned.
IO.select peeks the buffer of IO objects for testing readability. If the IO buffer is not empty, IO.select immediately notifies readability. This “peek” only happens for IO objects. It does not happen for IO-like objects such as OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket
.
The best way to use IO.select is invoking it after non-blocking methods such as read_nonblock, write_nonblock, etc. The methods raise an exception which is extended by IO::WaitReadable
or IO::WaitWritable
. The modules notify how the caller should wait with IO.select. If IO::WaitReadable
is raised, the caller should wait for reading. If IO::WaitWritable
is raised, the caller should wait for writing.
So, blocking read (readpartial) can be emulated using read_nonblock and IO.select as follows:
begin result = io_like.read_nonblock(maxlen) rescue IO::WaitReadable IO.select([io_like]) retry rescue IO::WaitWritable IO.select(nil, [io_like]) retry end
Especially, the combination of non-blocking methods and IO.select is preferred for IO
like objects such as OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket
. It has to_io method to return underlying IO
object. IO.select
calls to_io to obtain the file descriptor to wait.
This means that readability notified by IO.select doesn’t mean readability from OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket
object.
The most likely situation is that OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket
buffers some data. IO.select doesn’t see the buffer. So IO.select can block when OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket#readpartial
doesn’t block.
However, several more complicated situations exist.
SSL is a protocol which is sequence of records. The record consists of multiple bytes. So, the remote side of SSL sends a partial record, IO.select
notifies readability but OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket
cannot decrypt a byte and OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket#readpartial
will block.
Also, the remote side can request SSL renegotiation which forces the local SSL engine to write some data. This means OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket#readpartial
may invoke write system call and it can block. In such a situation, OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket#read_nonblock
raises IO::WaitWritable
instead of blocking. So, the caller should wait for ready for writability as above example.
The combination of non-blocking methods and IO.select is also useful for streams such as tty, pipe socket socket when multiple processes read from a stream.
Finally, Linux kernel developers don’t guarantee that readability of select(2) means readability of following read(2) even for a single process; see select(2)
Invoking IO.select before IO#readpartial
works well as usual. However it is not the best way to use IO.select.
The writability notified by select(2) doesn’t show how many bytes are writable. IO#write
method blocks until given whole string is written. So, IO#write(two or more bytes)
can block after writability is notified by IO.select. IO#write_nonblock
is required to avoid the blocking.
Blocking write (write) can be emulated using write_nonblock and IO.select
as follows: IO::WaitReadable
should also be rescued for SSL renegotiation in OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket
.
while 0 < string.bytesize begin written = io_like.write_nonblock(string) rescue IO::WaitReadable IO.select([io_like]) retry rescue IO::WaitWritable IO.select(nil, [io_like]) retry end string = string.byteslice(written..-1) end
Example:
rp, wp = IO.pipe mesg = "ping " 100.times { # IO.select follows IO#read. Not the best way to use IO.select. rs, ws, = IO.select([rp], [wp]) if r = rs[0] ret = r.read(5) print ret case ret when /ping/ mesg = "pong\n" when /pong/ mesg = "ping " end end if w = ws[0] w.write(mesg) end }
Output:
ping pong ping pong ping pong (snipped) ping
static VALUE
set_trace_func(VALUE obj, VALUE trace)
{
rb_remove_event_hook(call_trace_func);
if (NIL_P(trace)) {
return Qnil;
}
if (!rb_obj_is_proc(trace)) {
rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "trace_func needs to be Proc");
}
rb_add_event_hook(call_trace_func, RUBY_EVENT_ALL, trace);
return trace;
}
Establishes _proc_ as the handler for tracing, or disables tracing if the parameter is +nil+. *Note:* this method is obsolete, please use TracePoint instead. _proc_ takes up to six parameters: * an event name * a filename * a line number * an object id * a binding * the name of a class _proc_ is invoked whenever an event occurs. Events are: +c-call+:: call a C-language routine +c-return+:: return from a C-language routine +call+:: call a Ruby method +class+:: start a class or module definition +end+:: finish a class or module definition +line+:: execute code on a new line +raise+:: raise an exception +return+:: return from a Ruby method Tracing is disabled within the context of _proc_. class Test def test a = 1 b = 2 end end set_trace_func proc { |event, file, line, id, binding, classname| printf "%8s %s:%-2d %10s %8s\n", event, file, line, id, classname } t = Test.new t.test line prog.rb:11 false c-call prog.rb:11 new Class c-call prog.rb:11 initialize Object c-return prog.rb:11 initialize Object c-return prog.rb:11 new Class line prog.rb:12 false call prog.rb:2 test Test line prog.rb:3 test Test line prog.rb:4 test Test return prog.rb:4 test Test
Note that for c-call
and c-return
events, the binding returned is the binding of the nearest Ruby method calling the C method, since C methods themselves do not have bindings.
static VALUE
rb_f_sleep(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE _)
{
time_t beg = time(0);
VALUE scheduler = rb_fiber_scheduler_current();
if (scheduler != Qnil) {
rb_fiber_scheduler_kernel_sleepv(scheduler, argc, argv);
}
else {
if (argc == 0) {
rb_thread_sleep_forever();
}
else {
rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 1);
rb_thread_wait_for(rb_time_interval(argv[0]));
}
}
time_t end = time(0) - beg;
return TIMET2NUM(end);
}
Suspends the current thread for duration seconds (which may be any number, including a Float
with fractional seconds). Returns the actual number of seconds slept (rounded), which may be less than that asked for if another thread calls Thread#run
. Called without an argument, sleep() will sleep forever.
Time.new #=> 2008-03-08 19:56:19 +0900 sleep 1.2 #=> 1 Time.new #=> 2008-03-08 19:56:20 +0900 sleep 1.9 #=> 2 Time.new #=> 2008-03-08 19:56:22 +0900
static VALUE
rb_f_spawn(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE _)
{
rb_pid_t pid;
char errmsg[CHILD_ERRMSG_BUFLEN] = { '\0' };
VALUE execarg_obj, fail_str;
struct rb_execarg *eargp;
execarg_obj = rb_execarg_new(argc, argv, TRUE, FALSE);
eargp = rb_execarg_get(execarg_obj);
fail_str = eargp->use_shell ? eargp->invoke.sh.shell_script : eargp->invoke.cmd.command_name;
pid = rb_execarg_spawn(execarg_obj, errmsg, sizeof(errmsg));
if (pid == -1) {
int err = errno;
rb_exec_fail(eargp, err, errmsg);
RB_GC_GUARD(execarg_obj);
rb_syserr_fail_str(err, fail_str);
}
#if defined(HAVE_WORKING_FORK) || defined(HAVE_SPAWNV)
return PIDT2NUM(pid);
#else
return Qnil;
#endif
}
spawn executes specified command and return its pid.
pid = spawn("tar xf ruby-2.0.0-p195.tar.bz2") Process.wait pid pid = spawn(RbConfig.ruby, "-eputs'Hello, world!'") Process.wait pid
This method is similar to Kernel#system
but it doesn’t wait for the command to finish.
The parent process should use Process.wait
to collect the termination status of its child or use Process.detach
to register disinterest in their status; otherwise, the operating system may accumulate zombie processes.
spawn has bunch of options to specify process attributes:
env: hash name => val : set the environment variable name => nil : unset the environment variable the keys and the values except for +nil+ must be strings. command...: commandline : command line string which is passed to the standard shell cmdname, arg1, ... : command name and one or more arguments (This form does not use the shell. See below for caveats.) [cmdname, argv0], arg1, ... : command name, argv[0] and zero or more arguments (no shell) options: hash clearing environment variables: :unsetenv_others => true : clear environment variables except specified by env :unsetenv_others => false : don't clear (default) process group: :pgroup => true or 0 : make a new process group :pgroup => pgid : join the specified process group :pgroup => nil : don't change the process group (default) create new process group: Windows only :new_pgroup => true : the new process is the root process of a new process group :new_pgroup => false : don't create a new process group (default) resource limit: resourcename is core, cpu, data, etc. See Process.setrlimit. :rlimit_resourcename => limit :rlimit_resourcename => [cur_limit, max_limit] umask: :umask => int redirection: key: FD : single file descriptor in child process [FD, FD, ...] : multiple file descriptor in child process value: FD : redirect to the file descriptor in parent process string : redirect to file with open(string, "r" or "w") [string] : redirect to file with open(string, File::RDONLY) [string, open_mode] : redirect to file with open(string, open_mode, 0644) [string, open_mode, perm] : redirect to file with open(string, open_mode, perm) [:child, FD] : redirect to the redirected file descriptor :close : close the file descriptor in child process FD is one of follows :in : the file descriptor 0 which is the standard input :out : the file descriptor 1 which is the standard output :err : the file descriptor 2 which is the standard error integer : the file descriptor of specified the integer io : the file descriptor specified as io.fileno file descriptor inheritance: close non-redirected non-standard fds (3, 4, 5, ...) or not :close_others => false : inherit current directory: :chdir => str
The cmdname, arg1, ...
form does not use the shell. However, on different OSes, different things are provided as built-in commands. An example of this is +‘echo’+, which is a built-in on Windows, but is a normal program on Linux and Mac OS X. This means that Process.spawn 'echo', '%Path%'
will display the contents of the %Path%
environment variable on Windows, but Process.spawn 'echo', '$PATH'
prints the literal $PATH
.
If a hash is given as env
, the environment is updated by env
before exec(2)
in the child process. If a pair in env
has nil as the value, the variable is deleted.
# set FOO as BAR and unset BAZ. pid = spawn({"FOO"=>"BAR", "BAZ"=>nil}, command)
If a hash is given as options
, it specifies process group, create new process group, resource limit, current directory, umask and redirects for the child process. Also, it can be specified to clear environment variables.
The :unsetenv_others
key in options
specifies to clear environment variables, other than specified by env
.
pid = spawn(command, :unsetenv_others=>true) # no environment variable pid = spawn({"FOO"=>"BAR"}, command, :unsetenv_others=>true) # FOO only
The :pgroup
key in options
specifies a process group. The corresponding value should be true, zero, a positive integer, or nil. true and zero cause the process to be a process leader of a new process group. A non-zero positive integer causes the process to join the provided process group. The default value, nil, causes the process to remain in the same process group.
pid = spawn(command, :pgroup=>true) # process leader pid = spawn(command, :pgroup=>10) # belongs to the process group 10
The :new_pgroup
key in options
specifies to pass CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP
flag to CreateProcessW()
that is Windows API. This option is only for Windows. true means the new process is the root process of the new process group. The new process has CTRL+C disabled. This flag is necessary for Process.kill(:SIGINT, pid)
on the subprocess. :new_pgroup is false by default.
pid = spawn(command, :new_pgroup=>true) # new process group pid = spawn(command, :new_pgroup=>false) # same process group
The :rlimit_
foo key specifies a resource limit. foo should be one of resource types such as core
. The corresponding value should be an integer or an array which have one or two integers: same as cur_limit and max_limit arguments for Process.setrlimit
.
cur, max = Process.getrlimit(:CORE) pid = spawn(command, :rlimit_core=>[0,max]) # disable core temporary. pid = spawn(command, :rlimit_core=>max) # enable core dump pid = spawn(command, :rlimit_core=>0) # never dump core.
The :umask
key in options
specifies the umask.
pid = spawn(command, :umask=>077)
The :in, :out, :err, an integer, an IO
and an array key specifies a redirection. The redirection maps a file descriptor in the child process.
For example, stderr can be merged into stdout as follows:
pid = spawn(command, :err=>:out) pid = spawn(command, 2=>1) pid = spawn(command, STDERR=>:out) pid = spawn(command, STDERR=>STDOUT)
The hash keys specifies a file descriptor in the child process started by spawn
. :err, 2 and STDERR specifies the standard error stream (stderr).
The hash values specifies a file descriptor in the parent process which invokes spawn
. :out, 1 and STDOUT specifies the standard output stream (stdout).
In the above example, the standard output in the child process is not specified. So it is inherited from the parent process.
The standard input stream (stdin) can be specified by :in, 0 and STDIN.
A filename can be specified as a hash value.
pid = spawn(command, :in=>"/dev/null") # read mode pid = spawn(command, :out=>"/dev/null") # write mode pid = spawn(command, :err=>"log") # write mode pid = spawn(command, [:out, :err]=>"/dev/null") # write mode pid = spawn(command, 3=>"/dev/null") # read mode
For stdout and stderr (and combination of them), it is opened in write mode. Otherwise read mode is used.
For specifying flags and permission of file creation explicitly, an array is used instead.
pid = spawn(command, :in=>["file"]) # read mode is assumed pid = spawn(command, :in=>["file", "r"]) pid = spawn(command, :out=>["log", "w"]) # 0644 assumed pid = spawn(command, :out=>["log", "w", 0600]) pid = spawn(command, :out=>["log", File::WRONLY|File::EXCL|File::CREAT, 0600])
The array specifies a filename, flags and permission. The flags can be a string or an integer. If the flags is omitted or nil, File::RDONLY is assumed. The permission should be an integer. If the permission is omitted or nil, 0644 is assumed.
If an array of IOs and integers are specified as a hash key, all the elements are redirected.
# stdout and stderr is redirected to log file. # The file "log" is opened just once. pid = spawn(command, [:out, :err]=>["log", "w"])
Another way to merge multiple file descriptors is [:child, fd]. [:child, fd] means the file descriptor in the child process. This is different from fd. For example, :err=>:out means redirecting child stderr to parent stdout. But :err=>[:child, :out] means redirecting child stderr to child stdout. They differ if stdout is redirected in the child process as follows.
# stdout and stderr is redirected to log file. # The file "log" is opened just once. pid = spawn(command, :out=>["log", "w"], :err=>[:child, :out])
[:child, :out] can be used to merge stderr into stdout in IO.popen
. In this case, IO.popen
redirects stdout to a pipe in the child process and [:child, :out] refers the redirected stdout.
io = IO.popen(["sh", "-c", "echo out; echo err >&2", :err=>[:child, :out]]) p io.read #=> "out\nerr\n"
The :chdir
key in options
specifies the current directory.
pid = spawn(command, :chdir=>"/var/tmp")
spawn closes all non-standard unspecified descriptors by default. The “standard” descriptors are 0, 1 and 2. This behavior is specified by :close_others option. :close_others doesn’t affect the standard descriptors which are closed only if :close is specified explicitly.
pid = spawn(command, :close_others=>true) # close 3,4,5,... (default) pid = spawn(command, :close_others=>false) # don't close 3,4,5,...
:close_others is false by default for spawn and IO.popen
.
Note that fds which close-on-exec flag is already set are closed regardless of :close_others option.
So IO.pipe
and spawn can be used as IO.popen
.
# similar to r = IO.popen(command) r, w = IO.pipe pid = spawn(command, :out=>w) # r, w is closed in the child process. w.close
:close is specified as a hash value to close a fd individually.
f = open(foo) system(command, f=>:close) # don't inherit f.
If a file descriptor need to be inherited, io=>io can be used.
# valgrind has --log-fd option for log destination. # log_w=>log_w indicates log_w.fileno inherits to child process. log_r, log_w = IO.pipe pid = spawn("valgrind", "--log-fd=#{log_w.fileno}", "echo", "a", log_w=>log_w) log_w.close p log_r.read
It is also possible to exchange file descriptors.
pid = spawn(command, :out=>:err, :err=>:out)
The hash keys specify file descriptors in the child process. The hash values specifies file descriptors in the parent process. So the above specifies exchanging stdout and stderr. Internally, spawn
uses an extra file descriptor to resolve such cyclic file descriptor mapping.
See Kernel.exec
for the standard shell.
static VALUE
f_sprintf(int c, const VALUE *v, VALUE _)
{
return rb_f_sprintf(c, v);
}
Returns the string resulting from formatting objects
into format_string
.
For details on format_string
, see Format Specifications.
Kernel#format
is an alias for Kernel#sprintf
.
static VALUE
rb_f_srand(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE obj)
{
VALUE seed, old;
rb_random_mt_t *r = rand_mt_start(default_rand());
if (rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 1) == 0) {
seed = random_seed(obj);
}
else {
seed = rb_to_int(argv[0]);
}
old = r->base.seed;
rand_init(&random_mt_if, &r->base, seed);
r->base.seed = seed;
return old;
}
Seeds the system pseudo-random number generator, with number
. The previous seed value is returned.
If number
is omitted, seeds the generator using a source of entropy provided by the operating system, if available (/dev/urandom on Unix systems or the RSA cryptographic provider on Windows), which is then combined with the time, the process id, and a sequence number.
srand may be used to ensure repeatable sequences of pseudo-random numbers between different runs of the program. By setting the seed to a known value, programs can be made deterministic during testing.
srand 1234 # => 268519324636777531569100071560086917274 [ rand, rand ] # => [0.1915194503788923, 0.6221087710398319] [ rand(10), rand(1000) ] # => [4, 664] srand 1234 # => 1234 [ rand, rand ] # => [0.1915194503788923, 0.6221087710398319]
static VALUE
rb_f_sub(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE _)
{
VALUE str = rb_funcall_passing_block(uscore_get(), rb_intern("sub"), argc, argv);
rb_lastline_set(str);
return str;
}
Equivalent to $_.sub(args)
, except that $_
will be updated if substitution occurs. Available only when -p/-n command line option specified.
static VALUE
rb_f_syscall(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE _)
{
VALUE arg[8];
#if SIZEOF_VOIDP == 8 && defined(HAVE___SYSCALL) && SIZEOF_INT != 8 /* mainly *BSD */
# define SYSCALL __syscall
# define NUM2SYSCALLID(x) NUM2LONG(x)
# define RETVAL2NUM(x) LONG2NUM(x)
# if SIZEOF_LONG == 8
long num, retval = -1;
# elif SIZEOF_LONG_LONG == 8
long long num, retval = -1;
# else
# error ---->> it is asserted that __syscall takes the first argument and returns retval in 64bit signed integer. <<----
# endif
#elif defined(__linux__)
# define SYSCALL syscall
# define NUM2SYSCALLID(x) NUM2LONG(x)
# define RETVAL2NUM(x) LONG2NUM(x)
/*
* Linux man page says, syscall(2) function prototype is below.
*
* int syscall(int number, ...);
*
* But, it's incorrect. Actual one takes and returned long. (see unistd.h)
*/
long num, retval = -1;
#else
# define SYSCALL syscall
# define NUM2SYSCALLID(x) NUM2INT(x)
# define RETVAL2NUM(x) INT2NUM(x)
int num, retval = -1;
#endif
int i;
if (RTEST(ruby_verbose)) {
rb_category_warning(RB_WARN_CATEGORY_DEPRECATED,
"We plan to remove a syscall function at future release. DL(Fiddle) provides safer alternative.");
}
if (argc == 0)
rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "too few arguments for syscall");
if (argc > numberof(arg))
rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "too many arguments for syscall");
num = NUM2SYSCALLID(argv[0]); ++argv;
for (i = argc - 1; i--; ) {
VALUE v = rb_check_string_type(argv[i]);
if (!NIL_P(v)) {
SafeStringValue(v);
rb_str_modify(v);
arg[i] = (VALUE)StringValueCStr(v);
}
else {
arg[i] = (VALUE)NUM2LONG(argv[i]);
}
}
switch (argc) {
case 1:
retval = SYSCALL(num);
break;
case 2:
retval = SYSCALL(num, arg[0]);
break;
case 3:
retval = SYSCALL(num, arg[0],arg[1]);
break;
case 4:
retval = SYSCALL(num, arg[0],arg[1],arg[2]);
break;
case 5:
retval = SYSCALL(num, arg[0],arg[1],arg[2],arg[3]);
break;
case 6:
retval = SYSCALL(num, arg[0],arg[1],arg[2],arg[3],arg[4]);
break;
case 7:
retval = SYSCALL(num, arg[0],arg[1],arg[2],arg[3],arg[4],arg[5]);
break;
case 8:
retval = SYSCALL(num, arg[0],arg[1],arg[2],arg[3],arg[4],arg[5],arg[6]);
break;
}
if (retval == -1)
rb_sys_fail(0);
return RETVAL2NUM(retval);
#undef SYSCALL
#undef NUM2SYSCALLID
#undef RETVAL2NUM
}
Invokes Posix system call syscall(2), which calls a specified function.
Calls the operating system function identified by integer_callno
; returns the result of the function or raises SystemCallError
if it failed. The effect of the call is platform-dependent. The arguments and returned value are platform-dependent.
For each of arguments
: if it is an integer, it is passed directly; if it is a string, it is interpreted as a binary sequence of bytes. There may be as many as nine such arguments.
Arguments integer_callno
and argument
, as well as the returned value, are platform-dependent.
Note: Method
syscall
is essentially unsafe and unportable. The DL (Fiddle
) library is preferred for safer and a bit more portable programming.
Not implemented on all platforms.
static VALUE
rb_f_system(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE _)
{
VALUE execarg_obj = rb_execarg_new(argc, argv, TRUE, TRUE);
struct rb_execarg *eargp = rb_execarg_get(execarg_obj);
struct rb_process_status status = {0};
eargp->status = &status;
rb_last_status_clear();
// This function can set the thread's last status.
// May be different from waitpid_state.pid on exec failure.
rb_pid_t pid = rb_execarg_spawn(execarg_obj, 0, 0);
if (pid > 0) {
VALUE status = rb_process_status_wait(pid, 0);
struct rb_process_status *data = RTYPEDDATA_DATA(status);
// Set the last status:
rb_obj_freeze(status);
GET_THREAD()->last_status = status;
if (data->status == EXIT_SUCCESS) {
return Qtrue;
}
if (data->error != 0) {
if (eargp->exception) {
VALUE command = eargp->invoke.sh.shell_script;
RB_GC_GUARD(execarg_obj);
rb_syserr_fail_str(data->error, command);
}
else {
return Qnil;
}
}
else if (eargp->exception) {
VALUE command = eargp->invoke.sh.shell_script;
VALUE str = rb_str_new_cstr("Command failed with");
rb_str_cat_cstr(pst_message_status(str, data->status), ": ");
rb_str_append(str, command);
RB_GC_GUARD(execarg_obj);
rb_exc_raise(rb_exc_new_str(rb_eRuntimeError, str));
}
else {
return Qfalse;
}
RB_GC_GUARD(status);
}
if (eargp->exception) {
VALUE command = eargp->invoke.sh.shell_script;
RB_GC_GUARD(execarg_obj);
rb_syserr_fail_str(errno, command);
}
else {
return Qnil;
}
}
Executes command… in a subshell. command… is one of following forms.
This method has potential security vulnerabilities if called with untrusted input; see Command Injection.
commandline
-
command line string which is passed to the standard shell
cmdname, arg1, ...
-
command name and one or more arguments (no shell)
[cmdname, argv0], arg1, ...
-
command name,
argv[0]
and zero or more arguments (no shell)
system returns true
if the command gives zero exit status, false
for non zero exit status. Returns nil
if command execution fails. An error status is available in $?
.
If the exception: true
argument is passed, the method raises an exception instead of returning false
or nil
.
The arguments are processed in the same way as for Kernel#spawn
.
The hash arguments, env and options, are same as exec
and spawn
. See Kernel#spawn
for details.
system("echo *") system("echo", "*")
produces:
config.h main.rb *
Error handling:
system("cat nonexistent.txt") # => false system("catt nonexistent.txt") # => nil system("cat nonexistent.txt", exception: true) # RuntimeError (Command failed with exit 1: cat) system("catt nonexistent.txt", exception: true) # Errno::ENOENT (No such file or directory - catt)
See Kernel#exec
for the standard shell.
# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.2.0/kernel.rb, line 89
def tap
yield(self)
self
end
Yields self to the block, and then returns self. The primary purpose of this method is to “tap into” a method chain, in order to perform operations on intermediate results within the chain.
(1..10) .tap {|x| puts "original: #{x}" } .to_a .tap {|x| puts "array: #{x}" } .select {|x| x.even? } .tap {|x| puts "evens: #{x}" } .map {|x| x*x } .tap {|x| puts "squares: #{x}" }
static VALUE
rb_f_test(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE _)
{
int cmd;
if (argc == 0) rb_check_arity(argc, 2, 3);
cmd = NUM2CHR(argv[0]);
if (cmd == 0) {
goto unknown;
}
if (strchr("bcdefgGkloOprRsSuwWxXz", cmd)) {
CHECK(1);
switch (cmd) {
case 'b':
return rb_file_blockdev_p(0, argv[1]);
case 'c':
return rb_file_chardev_p(0, argv[1]);
case 'd':
return rb_file_directory_p(0, argv[1]);
case 'e':
return rb_file_exist_p(0, argv[1]);
case 'f':
return rb_file_file_p(0, argv[1]);
case 'g':
return rb_file_sgid_p(0, argv[1]);
case 'G':
return rb_file_grpowned_p(0, argv[1]);
case 'k':
return rb_file_sticky_p(0, argv[1]);
case 'l':
return rb_file_symlink_p(0, argv[1]);
case 'o':
return rb_file_owned_p(0, argv[1]);
case 'O':
return rb_file_rowned_p(0, argv[1]);
case 'p':
return rb_file_pipe_p(0, argv[1]);
case 'r':
return rb_file_readable_p(0, argv[1]);
case 'R':
return rb_file_readable_real_p(0, argv[1]);
case 's':
return rb_file_size_p(0, argv[1]);
case 'S':
return rb_file_socket_p(0, argv[1]);
case 'u':
return rb_file_suid_p(0, argv[1]);
case 'w':
return rb_file_writable_p(0, argv[1]);
case 'W':
return rb_file_writable_real_p(0, argv[1]);
case 'x':
return rb_file_executable_p(0, argv[1]);
case 'X':
return rb_file_executable_real_p(0, argv[1]);
case 'z':
return rb_file_zero_p(0, argv[1]);
}
}
if (strchr("MAC", cmd)) {
struct stat st;
VALUE fname = argv[1];
CHECK(1);
if (rb_stat(fname, &st) == -1) {
int e = errno;
FilePathValue(fname);
rb_syserr_fail_path(e, fname);
}
switch (cmd) {
case 'A':
return stat_atime(&st);
case 'M':
return stat_mtime(&st);
case 'C':
return stat_ctime(&st);
}
}
if (cmd == '-') {
CHECK(2);
return rb_file_identical_p(0, argv[1], argv[2]);
}
if (strchr("=<>", cmd)) {
struct stat st1, st2;
struct timespec t1, t2;
CHECK(2);
if (rb_stat(argv[1], &st1) < 0) return Qfalse;
if (rb_stat(argv[2], &st2) < 0) return Qfalse;
t1 = stat_mtimespec(&st1);
t2 = stat_mtimespec(&st2);
switch (cmd) {
case '=':
if (t1.tv_sec == t2.tv_sec && t1.tv_nsec == t2.tv_nsec) return Qtrue;
return Qfalse;
case '>':
if (t1.tv_sec > t2.tv_sec) return Qtrue;
if (t1.tv_sec == t2.tv_sec && t1.tv_nsec > t2.tv_nsec) return Qtrue;
return Qfalse;
case '<':
if (t1.tv_sec < t2.tv_sec) return Qtrue;
if (t1.tv_sec == t2.tv_sec && t1.tv_nsec < t2.tv_nsec) return Qtrue;
return Qfalse;
}
}
unknown:
/* unknown command */
if (ISPRINT(cmd)) {
rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "unknown command '%s%c'", cmd == '\'' || cmd == '\\' ? "\\" : "", cmd);
}
else {
rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "unknown command \"\\x%02X\"", cmd);
}
UNREACHABLE_RETURN(Qundef);
}
Uses the character cmd
to perform various tests on file1
(first table below) or on file1
and file2
(second table).
File
tests on a single file:
Cmd Returns Meaning "A" | Time | Last access time for file1 "b" | boolean | True if file1 is a block device "c" | boolean | True if file1 is a character device "C" | Time | Last change time for file1 "d" | boolean | True if file1 exists and is a directory "e" | boolean | True if file1 exists "f" | boolean | True if file1 exists and is a regular file "g" | boolean | True if file1 has the setgid bit set "G" | boolean | True if file1 exists and has a group | | ownership equal to the caller's group "k" | boolean | True if file1 exists and has the sticky bit set "l" | boolean | True if file1 exists and is a symbolic link "M" | Time | Last modification time for file1 "o" | boolean | True if file1 exists and is owned by | | the caller's effective uid "O" | boolean | True if file1 exists and is owned by | | the caller's real uid "p" | boolean | True if file1 exists and is a fifo "r" | boolean | True if file1 is readable by the effective | | uid/gid of the caller "R" | boolean | True if file is readable by the real | | uid/gid of the caller "s" | int/nil | If file1 has nonzero size, return the size, | | otherwise return nil "S" | boolean | True if file1 exists and is a socket "u" | boolean | True if file1 has the setuid bit set "w" | boolean | True if file1 exists and is writable by | | the effective uid/gid "W" | boolean | True if file1 exists and is writable by | | the real uid/gid "x" | boolean | True if file1 exists and is executable by | | the effective uid/gid "X" | boolean | True if file1 exists and is executable by | | the real uid/gid "z" | boolean | True if file1 exists and has a zero length
Tests that take two files:
"-" | boolean | True if file1 and file2 are identical "=" | boolean | True if the modification times of file1 | | and file2 are equal "<" | boolean | True if the modification time of file1 | | is prior to that of file2 ">" | boolean | True if the modification time of file1 | | is after that of file2
# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.2.0/kernel.rb, line 120
def then
unless Primitive.block_given_p
return Primitive.cexpr! 'SIZED_ENUMERATOR(self, 0, 0, rb_obj_size)'
end
yield(self)
end
Yields self to the block and returns the result of the block.
3.next.then {|x| x**x }.to_s #=> "256"
Good usage for then
is value piping in method chains:
require 'open-uri' require 'json' construct_url(arguments). then {|url| URI(url).read }. then {|response| JSON.parse(response) }
When called without block, the method returns Enumerator
, which can be used, for example, for conditional circuit-breaking:
# meets condition, no-op 1.then.detect(&:odd?) # => 1 # does not meet condition, drop value 2.then.detect(&:odd?) # => nil
static VALUE
rb_f_throw(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE _)
{
VALUE tag, value;
rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "11", &tag, &value);
rb_throw_obj(tag, value);
UNREACHABLE_RETURN(Qnil);
}
Transfers control to the end of the active catch
block waiting for tag. Raises UncaughtThrowError
if there is no catch
block for the tag. The optional second parameter supplies a return value for the catch
block, which otherwise defaults to nil
. For examples, see Kernel::catch.
static VALUE
f_trace_var(int c, const VALUE *a, VALUE _)
{
return rb_f_trace_var(c, a);
}
Controls tracing of assignments to global variables. The parameter symbol
identifies the variable (as either a string name or a symbol identifier). cmd (which may be a string or a Proc
object) or block is executed whenever the variable is assigned. The block or Proc
object receives the variable’s new value as a parameter. Also see Kernel::untrace_var.
trace_var :$_, proc {|v| puts "$_ is now '#{v}'" } $_ = "hello" $_ = ' there'
produces:
$_ is now 'hello' $_ is now ' there'
static VALUE
sig_trap(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE _)
{
int sig;
sighandler_t func;
VALUE cmd;
rb_check_arity(argc, 1, 2);
sig = trap_signm(argv[0]);
if (reserved_signal_p(sig)) {
const char *name = signo2signm(sig);
if (name)
rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "can't trap reserved signal: SIG%s", name);
else
rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "can't trap reserved signal: %d", sig);
}
if (argc == 1) {
cmd = rb_block_proc();
func = sighandler;
}
else {
cmd = argv[1];
func = trap_handler(&cmd, sig);
}
if (rb_obj_is_proc(cmd) &&
!rb_ractor_main_p() && !rb_ractor_shareable_p(cmd)) {
cmd = rb_proc_isolate(cmd);
}
return trap(sig, func, cmd);
}
Specifies the handling of signals. The first parameter is a signal name (a string such as “SIGALRM”, “SIGUSR1”, and so on) or a signal number. The characters “SIG” may be omitted from the signal name. The command or block specifies code to be run when the signal is raised. If the command is the string “IGNORE” or “SIG_IGN”, the signal will be ignored. If the command is “DEFAULT” or “SIG_DFL”, the Ruby’s default handler will be invoked. If the command is “EXIT”, the script will be terminated by the signal. If the command is “SYSTEM_DEFAULT”, the operating system’s default handler will be invoked. Otherwise, the given command or block will be run. The special signal name “EXIT” or signal number zero will be invoked just prior to program termination. trap returns the previous handler for the given signal.
Signal.trap(0, proc { puts "Terminating: #{$$}" }) Signal.trap("CLD") { puts "Child died" } fork && Process.wait
produces:
Terminating: 27461 Child died Terminating: 27460
static VALUE
f_untrace_var(int c, const VALUE *a, VALUE _)
{
return rb_f_untrace_var(c, a);
}
Removes tracing for the specified command on the given global variable and returns nil
. If no command is specified, removes all tracing for that variable and returns an array containing the commands actually removed.
# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.2.0/warning.rb, line 50
def warn(*msgs, uplevel: nil, category: nil)
Primitive.rb_warn_m(msgs, uplevel, category)
end
If warnings have been disabled (for example with the -W0
flag), does nothing. Otherwise, converts each of the messages to strings, appends a newline character to the string if the string does not end in a newline, and calls Warning.warn
with the string.
warn("warning 1", "warning 2") <em>produces:</em> warning 1 warning 2
If the uplevel
keyword argument is given, the string will be prepended with information for the given caller frame in the same format used by the rb_warn
C function.
# In baz.rb def foo warn("invalid call to foo", uplevel: 1) end def bar foo end bar <em>produces:</em> baz.rb:6: warning: invalid call to foo
If category
keyword argument is given, passes the category to Warning.warn
. The category given must be be one of the following categories:
- :deprecated
-
Used for warning for deprecated functionality that may be removed in the future.
- :experimental
-
Used for experimental features that may change in future releases.
# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.2.0/ext/psych/lib/psych/y.rb, line 5
def y *objects
puts Psych.dump_stream(*objects)
end
An alias for Psych.dump_stream
meant to be used with IRB
.
# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.2.0/kernel.rb, line 144
def yield_self
unless Primitive.block_given_p
return Primitive.cexpr! 'SIZED_ENUMERATOR(self, 0, 0, rb_obj_size)'
end
yield(self)
end
Yields self to the block and returns the result of the block.
"my string".yield_self {|s| s.upcase } #=> "MY STRING"
Good usage for then
is value piping in method chains:
require 'open-uri' require 'json' construct_url(arguments). then {|url| URI(url).read }. then {|response| JSON.parse(response) }