Returns a string representation of self, including begin.inspect and end.inspect:
(1..4).inspect # => "1..4" (1...4).inspect # => "1...4" (1..).inspect # => "1.." (..4).inspect # => "..4"
Note that returns from to_s and inspect may differ:
('a'..'d').to_s # => "a..d" ('a'..'d').inspect # => "\"a\"..\"d\""
Related: Range#to_s.
Returns the count of elements, based on an argument or block criterion, if given.
With no argument and no block given, returns the number of elements:
(1..4).count # => 4 (1...4).count # => 3 ('a'..'d').count # => 4 ('a'...'d').count # => 3 (1..).count # => Infinity (..4).count # => Infinity
With argument object, returns the number of object found in self, which will usually be zero or one:
(1..4).count(2) # => 1 (1..4).count(5) # => 0 (1..4).count('a') # => 0
With a block given, calls the block with each element; returns the number of elements for which the block returns a truthy value:
(1..4).count {|element| element < 3 } # => 2
Related: Range#size.
Alias for Regexp.new
Returns a new regexp that is the union of the given patterns:
r = Regexp.union(%w[cat dog]) # => /cat|dog/ r.match('cat') # => #<MatchData "cat"> r.match('dog') # => #<MatchData "dog"> r.match('cog') # => nil
For each pattern that is a string, Regexp.new(pattern) is used:
Regexp.union('penzance') # => /penzance/ Regexp.union('a+b*c') # => /a\+b\*c/ Regexp.union('skiing', 'sledding') # => /skiing|sledding/ Regexp.union(['skiing', 'sledding']) # => /skiing|sledding/
For each pattern that is a regexp, it is used as is, including its flags:
Regexp.union(/foo/i, /bar/m, /baz/x) # => /(?i-mx:foo)|(?m-ix:bar)|(?x-mi:baz)/ Regexp.union([/foo/i, /bar/m, /baz/x]) # => /(?i-mx:foo)|(?m-ix:bar)|(?x-mi:baz)/
With no arguments, returns /(?!)/:
Regexp.union # => /(?!)/
If any regexp pattern contains captures, the behavior is unspecified.
Returns a nicely-formatted string representation of self:
/ab+c/ix.inspect # => "/ab+c/ix"
Related: Regexp#to_s.
Returns the Encoding object that represents the encoding of obj.
Replaces the elements with ones returned by collect(). Returns an enumerator if no block is given.
Returns a string containing a human-readable representation of the set (“#<Set: {element1, element2, …}>”).
Returns a string representation of self:
Customer = Struct.new(:name, :address, :zip) # => Customer joe = Customer.new("Joe Smith", "123 Maple, Anytown NC", 12345) joe.inspect # => "#<struct Customer name=\"Joe Smith\", address=\"123 Maple, Anytown NC\", zip=12345>"
Struct#to_s is an alias for Struct#inspect.
Returns a string representation of self (including the leading colon):
:foo.inspect # => ":foo"
Related: Symbol#to_s, Symbol#name.
Equivalent to self.to_s.encoding; see String#encoding.
See File.lstat.
Return column number of current parsing line. This number starts from 0.
Return scanner state of current token.
Return encoding of the source.
enable the socket option IPV6_V6ONLY if IPV6_V6ONLY is available.
Listens for connections, using the specified int as the backlog. A call to listen only applies if the socket is of type SOCK_STREAM or SOCK_SEQPACKET.
backlog - the maximum length of the queue for pending connections.
require 'socket' include Socket::Constants socket = Socket.new( AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0 ) sockaddr = Socket.pack_sockaddr_in( 2200, 'localhost' ) socket.bind( sockaddr ) socket.listen( 5 )
require 'socket' include Socket::Constants socket = Socket.new( AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0 ) socket.listen( 1 )
On unix based systems the above will work because a new sockaddr struct is created on the address ADDR_ANY, for an arbitrary port number as handed off by the kernel. It will not work on Windows, because Windows requires that the socket is bound by calling bind before it can listen.
If the backlog amount exceeds the implementation-dependent maximum queue length, the implementation’s maximum queue length will be used.
On unix-based based systems the following system exceptions may be raised if the call to listen fails:
Errno::EBADF - the socket argument is not a valid file descriptor
Errno::EDESTADDRREQ - the socket is not bound to a local address, and the protocol does not support listening on an unbound socket
Errno::EINVAL - the socket is already connected
Errno::ENOTSOCK - the socket argument does not refer to a socket
Errno::EOPNOTSUPP - the socket protocol does not support listen
Errno::EACCES - the calling process does not have appropriate privileges
Errno::EINVAL - the socket has been shut down
Errno::ENOBUFS - insufficient resources are available in the system to complete the call
On Windows systems the following system exceptions may be raised if the call to listen fails:
Errno::ENETDOWN - the network is down
Errno::EADDRINUSE - the socket’s local address is already in use. This usually occurs during the execution of bind but could be delayed if the call to bind was to a partially wildcard address (involving ADDR_ANY) and if a specific address needs to be committed at the time of the call to listen
Errno::EINPROGRESS - a Windows Sockets 1.1 call is in progress or the service provider is still processing a callback function
Errno::EINVAL - the socket has not been bound with a call to bind.
Errno::EISCONN - the socket is already connected
Errno::EMFILE - no more socket descriptors are available
Errno::ENOBUFS - no buffer space is available
Errno::ENOTSOC - socket is not a socket
Errno::EOPNOTSUPP - the referenced socket is not a type that supports the listen method
listen manual pages on unix-based systems
listen function in Microsoft’s Winsock functions reference
Returns the hostname.
p Socket.gethostname #=> "hal"
Note that it is not guaranteed to be able to convert to IP address using gethostbyname, getaddrinfo, etc. If you need local IP address, use Socket.ip_address_list.
Use Addrinfo.getaddrinfo instead. This method is deprecated for the following reasons:
The 3rd element of the result is the address family of the first address. The address families of the rest of the addresses are not returned.
Uncommon address representation: 4/16-bytes binary string to represent IPv4/IPv6 address.
gethostbyname() may take a long time and it may block other threads. (GVL cannot be released since gethostbyname() is not thread safe.)
This method uses gethostbyname() function already removed from POSIX.
This method obtains the host information for hostname.
p Socket.gethostbyname("hal") #=> ["localhost", ["hal"], 2, "\x7F\x00\x00\x01"]