Assigns the underlying string as other_string, and sets position to zero; returns other_string:
StringIO.open('foo') do |strio| p strio.string strio.string = 'bar' p strio.string end
Output:
"foo" "bar"
Related: StringIO#string (returns the underlying string).
Returns the current line number in self; see Line Number.
Sets the current line number in self to the given new_line_number; see Line Number.
Sets the current position and line number to zero; see Position and Line Number.
Returns the string being scanned.
Changes the string being scanned to str and resets the scanner. Returns str.
Returns the byte position of the scan pointer. In the ‘reset’ position, this value is zero. In the ‘terminated’ position (i.e. the string is exhausted), this value is the bytesize of the string.
In short, it’s a 0-based index into bytes of the string.
s = StringScanner.new('test string') s.pos # -> 0 s.scan_until /str/ # -> "test str" s.pos # -> 8 s.terminate # -> #<StringScanner fin> s.pos # -> 11
Sets the byte position of the scan pointer.
s = StringScanner.new('test string') s.pos = 7 # -> 7 s.rest # -> "ring"
Tests whether the given pattern is matched from the current scan pointer. Returns the length of the match, or nil. The scan pointer is not advanced.
s = StringScanner.new('test string') p s.match?(/\w+/) # -> 4 p s.match?(/\w+/) # -> 4 p s.match?("test") # -> 4 p s.match?(/\s+/) # -> nil
Returns true if and only if the last match was successful.
s = StringScanner.new('test string') s.match?(/\w+/) # => 4 s.matched? # => true s.match?(/\d+/) # => nil s.matched? # => false
Returns the last matched string.
s = StringScanner.new('test string') s.match?(/\w+/) # -> 4 s.matched # -> "test"
Returns a string that represents the StringScanner object, showing:
the current position
the size of the string
the characters surrounding the scan pointer
s = StringScanner.new(“Fri Dec 12 1975 14:39”) s.inspect # -> ‘#<StringScanner 0/21 @ “Fri D…”>’ s.scan_until /12/ # -> “Fri Dec 12” s.inspect # -> ‘#<StringScanner 10/21 “…ec 12” @ “ 1975…”>’
Runs OLE method. The first argument specifies the method name of OLE Automation object. The others specify argument of the method. If you can not execute method directly, then use this method instead.
excel = WIN32OLE.new('Excel.Application') excel.invoke('Quit') # => same as excel.Quit
Runs the early binding method. The 1st argument specifies dispatch ID, the 2nd argument specifies the array of arguments, the 3rd argument specifies the array of the type of arguments.
excel = WIN32OLE.new('Excel.Application') excel._invoke(302, [], []) # same effect as excel.Quit
Returns a new String containing the hash entries:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h.inspect # => "{:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}"
Returns a new Hash object with the each key-value pair inverted:
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} h1 = h.invert h1 # => {0=>:foo, 1=>:bar, 2=>:baz}
Overwrites any repeated new keys: (see Entry Order):
h = {foo: 0, bar: 0, baz: 0} h.invert # => {0=>:baz}
Returns true if key is a key in self, otherwise false.
Returns a Hash whose keys are the ENV values, and whose values are the corresponding ENV names:
ENV.replace('foo' => '0', 'bar' => '1') ENV.invert # => {"1"=>"bar", "0"=>"foo"}
For a duplicate ENV value, overwrites the hash entry:
ENV.replace('foo' => '0', 'bar' => '0') ENV.invert # => {"0"=>"foo"}
Note that the order of the ENV processing is OS-dependent, which means that the order of overwriting is also OS-dependent. See About Ordering.
Returns the contents of the environment as a String:
ENV.replace('foo' => '0', 'bar' => '1') ENV.inspect # => "{\"bar\"=>\"1\", \"foo\"=>\"0\"}"
Returns true if there is an environment variable with the given name:
ENV.replace('foo' => '0', 'bar' => '1') ENV.include?('foo') # => true
Returns false if name is a valid String and there is no such environment variable:
ENV.include?('baz') # => false
Returns false if name is the empty String or is a String containing character '=':
ENV.include?('') # => false ENV.include?('=') # => false
Raises an exception if name is a String containing the NUL character "\0":
ENV.include?("\0") # Raises ArgumentError (bad environment variable name: contains null byte)
Raises an exception if name has an encoding that is not ASCII-compatible:
ENV.include?("\xa1\xa1".force_encoding(Encoding::UTF_16LE)) # Raises ArgumentError (bad environment variable name: ASCII incompatible encoding: UTF-16LE)
Raises an exception if name is not a String:
ENV.include?(Object.new) # TypeError (no implicit conversion of Object into String)
Reads each file in ARGF in its entirety, returning an Array containing lines from the files. Lines are assumed to be separated by sep.
lines = ARGF.readlines lines[0] #=> "This is line one\n"
See IO.readlines for a full description of all options.
Returns the next line from the current file in ARGF.
By default lines are assumed to be separated by $/; to use a different character as a separator, supply it as a String for the sep argument.
The optional limit argument specifies how many characters of each line to return. By default all characters are returned.
An EOFError is raised at the end of the file.
Positions the current file to the beginning of input, resetting ARGF.lineno to zero.
ARGF.readline #=> "This is line one\n" ARGF.rewind #=> 0 ARGF.lineno #=> 0 ARGF.readline #=> "This is line one\n"
Writes the given objects to the stream; returns nil. Appends the output record separator $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR ($\), if it is not nil. See Line IO.
With argument objects given, for each object:
Converts via its method to_s if not a string.
Writes to the stream.
If not the last object, writes the output field separator $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR ($,) if it is not nil.
With default separators:
f = File.open('t.tmp', 'w+') objects = [0, 0.0, Rational(0, 1), Complex(0, 0), :zero, 'zero'] p $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR p $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR f.print(*objects) f.rewind p f.read f.close
Output:
nil nil "00.00/10+0izerozero"
With specified separators:
$\ = "\n" $, = ',' f.rewind f.print(*objects) f.rewind p f.read
Output:
"0,0.0,0/1,0+0i,zero,zero\n"
With no argument given, writes the content of $_ (which is usually the most recent user input):
f = File.open('t.tmp', 'w+') gets # Sets $_ to the most recent user input. f.print f.close