Returns a new Array containing zero or more leading elements of self; does not modify self.
With a block given, calls the block with each successive element of self; stops if the block returns false or nil; returns a new Array containing those elements for which the block returned a truthy value:
a = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] a.take_while {|element| element < 3 } # => [0, 1, 2] a.take_while {|element| true } # => [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] a # => [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
With no block given, returns a new Enumerator:
[0, 1].take_while # => #<Enumerator: [0, 1]:take_while>
Replaces the contents of self with the contents of other_string:
s = 'foo' # => "foo" s.replace('bar') # => "bar"
Returns whether self starts with any of the given string_or_regexp.
Matches patterns against the beginning of self. For each given string_or_regexp, the pattern is:
string_or_regexp itself, if it is a Regexp.
Regexp.quote(string_or_regexp), if string_or_regexp is a string.
Returns true if any pattern matches the beginning, false otherwise:
'hello'.start_with?('hell') # => true 'hello'.start_with?(/H/i) # => true 'hello'.start_with?('heaven', 'hell') # => true 'hello'.start_with?('heaven', 'paradise') # => false 'тест'.start_with?('т') # => true 'こんにちは'.start_with?('こ') # => true
Related: String#end_with?.
Returns true if self is encoded correctly, false otherwise:
"\xc2\xa1".force_encoding("UTF-8").valid_encoding? # => true "\xc2".force_encoding("UTF-8").valid_encoding? # => false "\x80".force_encoding("UTF-8").valid_encoding? # => false
Returns true if self contains only ASCII characters, false otherwise:
'abc'.ascii_only? # => true "abc\u{6666}".ascii_only? # => false
Returns a copy of self with Unicode normalization applied.
Argument form must be one of the following symbols (see Unicode normalization forms):
:nfc: Canonical decomposition, followed by canonical composition.
:nfd: Canonical decomposition.
:nfkc: Compatibility decomposition, followed by canonical composition.
:nfkd: Compatibility decomposition.
The encoding of self must be one of:
Encoding::UTF_8
Encoding::UTF_16BE
Encoding::UTF_16LE
Encoding::UTF_32BE
Encoding::UTF_32LE
Encoding::GB18030
Encoding::UCS_2BE
Encoding::UCS_4BE
Examples:
"a\u0300".unicode_normalize # => "a" "\u00E0".unicode_normalize(:nfd) # => "a "
Related: String#unicode_normalize!, String#unicode_normalized?.
Like String#unicode_normalize, except that the normalization is performed on self.
Related String#unicode_normalized?.
Returns true if self is in the given form of Unicode normalization, false otherwise. The form must be one of :nfc, :nfd, :nfkc, or :nfkd.
Examples:
"a\u0300".unicode_normalized? # => false "a\u0300".unicode_normalized?(:nfd) # => true "\u00E0".unicode_normalized? # => true "\u00E0".unicode_normalized?(:nfd) # => false
Raises an exception if self is not in a Unicode encoding:
s = "\xE0".force_encoding('ISO-8859-1') s.unicode_normalized? # Raises Encoding::CompatibilityError.
Related: String#unicode_normalize, String#unicode_normalize!.
Returns true if the named file is readable by the real user and group id of this process. See access(3).
Note that some OS-level security features may cause this to return true even though the file is not readable by the real user/group.
If file_name is writable by others, returns an integer representing the file permission bits of file_name. Returns nil otherwise. The meaning of the bits is platform dependent; on Unix systems, see stat(2).
file_name can be an IO object.
File.world_writable?("/tmp") #=> 511 m = File.world_writable?("/tmp") sprintf("%o", m) #=> "777"
Returns default external encoding.
The default external encoding is used by default for strings created from the following locations:
File data read from disk
SDBM
While strings created from these locations will have this encoding, the encoding may not be valid. Be sure to check String#valid_encoding?.
File data written to disk will be transcoded to the default external encoding when written, if default_internal is not nil.
The default external encoding is initialized by the -E option. If -E isn’t set, it is initialized to UTF-8 on Windows and the locale on other operating systems.
Sets default external encoding. You should not set Encoding::default_external in ruby code as strings created before changing the value may have a different encoding from strings created after the value was changed., instead you should use ruby -E to invoke ruby with the correct default_external.
See Encoding::default_external for information on how the default external encoding is used.
Returns default internal encoding. Strings will be transcoded to the default internal encoding in the following places if the default internal encoding is not nil:
File data read from disk
Strings returned from Readline
Strings returned from SDBM
Values from ENV
Values in ARGV including $PROGRAM_NAME
Additionally String#encode and String#encode! use the default internal encoding if no encoding is given.
The script encoding (__ENCODING__), not default_internal, is used as the encoding of created strings.
Encoding::default_internal is initialized with -E option or nil otherwise.
Sets default internal encoding or removes default internal encoding when passed nil. You should not set Encoding::default_internal in ruby code as strings created before changing the value may have a different encoding from strings created after the change. Instead you should use ruby -E to invoke ruby with the correct default_internal.
See Encoding::default_internal for information on how the default internal encoding is used.
Returns the locale charmap name. It returns nil if no appropriate information.
Debian GNU/Linux LANG=C Encoding.locale_charmap #=> "ANSI_X3.4-1968" LANG=ja_JP.EUC-JP Encoding.locale_charmap #=> "EUC-JP" SunOS 5 LANG=C Encoding.locale_charmap #=> "646" LANG=ja Encoding.locale_charmap #=> "eucJP"
The result is highly platform dependent. So Encoding.find(Encoding.locale_charmap) may cause an error. If you need some encoding object even for unknown locale, Encoding.find(“locale”) can be used.
Returns the next object as an array in the enumerator, and move the internal position forward. When the position reached at the end, StopIteration is raised.
See class-level notes about external iterators.
This method can be used to distinguish yield and yield nil.
o = Object.new def o.each yield yield 1 yield 1, 2 yield nil yield [1, 2] end e = o.to_enum p e.next_values p e.next_values p e.next_values p e.next_values p e.next_values e = o.to_enum p e.next p e.next p e.next p e.next p e.next ## yield args next_values next # yield [] nil # yield 1 [1] 1 # yield 1, 2 [1, 2] [1, 2] # yield nil [nil] nil # yield [1, 2] [[1, 2]] [1, 2]
Returns the next object as an array, similar to Enumerator#next_values, but doesn’t move the internal position forward. If the position is already at the end, StopIteration is raised.
See class-level notes about external iterators.
o = Object.new def o.each yield yield 1 yield 1, 2 end e = o.to_enum p e.peek_values #=> [] e.next p e.peek_values #=> [1] p e.peek_values #=> [1] e.next p e.peek_values #=> [1, 2] e.next p e.peek_values # raises StopIteration
Returns an array of instance variable names for the receiver. Note that simply defining an accessor does not create the corresponding instance variable.
class Fred attr_accessor :a1 def initialize @iv = 3 end end Fred.new.instance_variables #=> [:@iv]
Returns true if obj is an instance of the given class. See also Object#kind_of?.
class A; end class B < A; end class C < B; end b = B.new b.instance_of? A #=> false b.instance_of? B #=> true b.instance_of? C #=> false
Processes a string returned by message.
It may add the class name of the exception to the end of the first line. Also, when highlight keyword is true, it adds ANSI escape sequences to make the message bold.
If you override this method, it must be tolerant for unknown keyword arguments. All keyword arguments passed to full_message are delegated to this method.
This method is overridden by did_you_mean and error_highlight to add their information.
A user-defined exception class can also define their own detailed_message method to add supplemental information. When highlight is true, it can return a string containing escape sequences, but use widely-supported ones. It is recommended to limit the following codes:
Reset (\e[0m)
Bold (\e[1m)
Underline (\e[4m)
Foreground color except white and black
Red (\e[31m)
Green (\e[32m)
Yellow (\e[33m)
Blue (\e[34m)
Magenta (\e[35m)
Cyan (\e[36m)
Use escape sequences carefully even if highlight is true. Do not use escape sequences to express essential information; the message should be readable even if all escape sequences are ignored.
Returns formatted string of exception. The returned string is formatted using the same format that Ruby uses when printing an uncaught exceptions to stderr.
If highlight is true the default error handler will send the messages to a tty.
order must be either of :top or :bottom, and places the error message and the innermost backtrace come at the top or the bottom.
The default values of these options depend on $stderr and its tty? at the timing of a call.
Return a list of the local variable names defined where this NameError exception was raised.
Internal use only.
Returns an array containing the names of the public and protected instance methods in the receiver. For a module, these are the public and protected methods; for a class, they are the instance (not singleton) methods. If the optional parameter is false, the methods of any ancestors are not included.
module A def method1() end end class B include A def method2() end end class C < B def method3() end end A.instance_methods(false) #=> [:method1] B.instance_methods(false) #=> [:method2] B.instance_methods(true).include?(:method1) #=> true C.instance_methods(false) #=> [:method3] C.instance_methods.include?(:method2) #=> true
Note that method visibility changes in the current class, as well as aliases, are considered as methods of the current class by this method:
class C < B alias method4 method2 protected :method2 end C.instance_methods(false).sort #=> [:method2, :method3, :method4]
Makes a list of existing constants public.