If object is an Integer object, returns object.
Integer.try_convert(1) # => 1
Otherwise if object responds to :to_int, calls object.to_int and returns the result.
Integer.try_convert(1.25) # => 1
Returns nil if object does not respond to :to_int
Integer.try_convert([]) # => nil
Raises an exception unless object.to_int returns an Integer object.
If object is a String object, returns object.
Otherwise if object responds to :to_str, calls object.to_str and returns the result.
Returns nil if object does not respond to :to_str.
Raises an exception unless object.to_str returns a String object.
Converts a pathname to an absolute pathname. Relative paths are referenced from the current working directory of the process unless dir_string is given, in which case it will be used as the starting point. The given pathname may start with a “~”, which expands to the process owner’s home directory (the environment variable HOME must be set correctly). “~user” expands to the named user’s home directory.
File.expand_path("~oracle/bin") #=> "/home/oracle/bin"
A simple example of using dir_string is as follows.
File.expand_path("ruby", "/usr/bin") #=> "/usr/bin/ruby"
A more complex example which also resolves parent directory is as follows. Suppose we are in bin/mygem and want the absolute path of lib/mygem.rb.
File.expand_path("../../lib/mygem.rb", __FILE__) #=> ".../path/to/project/lib/mygem.rb"
So first it resolves the parent of __FILE__, that is bin/, then go to the parent, the root of the project and appends lib/mygem.rb.
Returns a 2-length array; the first item is the result of BigDecimal#precision and the second one is of BigDecimal#scale.
See BigDecimal#precision. See BigDecimal#scale.
Returns a copy of self with the given start value:
d0 = Date.new(2000, 2, 3) d0.julian? # => false d1 = d0.new_start(Date::JULIAN) d1.julian? # => true
See argument start.
Returns a new Time object with the same value as self; if self is a Julian date, derives its Gregorian date for conversion to the Time object:
Date.new(2001, 2, 3).to_time # => 2001-02-03 00:00:00 -0600 Date.new(2001, 2, 3, Date::JULIAN).to_time # => 2001-02-16 00:00:00 -0600
Returns a DateTime whose value is the same as self:
Date.new(2001, 2, 3).to_datetime # => #<DateTime: 2001-02-03T00:00:00+00:00>
Returns a Time object which denotes self.
Returns self.
Returns self.
Returns a DateTime object which denotes self.
Waits until IO is writable and returns a truthy value or a falsy value when times out.
You must require ‘io/wait’ to use this method.
Attempts to convert object into an IO object via method to_io; returns the new IO object if successful, or nil otherwise:
IO.try_convert(STDOUT) # => #<IO:<STDOUT>> IO.try_convert(ARGF) # => #<IO:<STDIN>> IO.try_convert('STDOUT') # => nil
Writes the given string to ios using the write(2) system call after O_NONBLOCK is set for the underlying file descriptor.
It returns the number of bytes written.
write_nonblock just calls the write(2) system call. It causes all errors the write(2) system call causes: Errno::EWOULDBLOCK, Errno::EINTR, etc. The result may also be smaller than string.length (partial write). The caller should care such errors and partial write.
If the exception is Errno::EWOULDBLOCK or Errno::EAGAIN, it is extended by IO::WaitWritable. So IO::WaitWritable can be used to rescue the exceptions for retrying write_nonblock.
# Creates a pipe. r, w = IO.pipe # write_nonblock writes only 65536 bytes and return 65536. # (The pipe size is 65536 bytes on this environment.) s = "a" * 100000 p w.write_nonblock(s) #=> 65536 # write_nonblock cannot write a byte and raise EWOULDBLOCK (EAGAIN). p w.write_nonblock("b") # Resource temporarily unavailable (Errno::EAGAIN)
If the write buffer is not empty, it is flushed at first.
When write_nonblock raises an exception kind of IO::WaitWritable, write_nonblock should not be called until io is writable for avoiding busy loop. This can be done as follows.
begin result = io.write_nonblock(string) rescue IO::WaitWritable, Errno::EINTR IO.select(nil, [io]) retry end
Note that this doesn’t guarantee to write all data in string. The length written is reported as result and it should be checked later.
On some platforms such as Windows, write_nonblock is not supported according to the kind of the IO object. In such cases, write_nonblock raises Errno::EBADF.
By specifying a keyword argument exception to false, you can indicate that write_nonblock should not raise an IO::WaitWritable exception, but return the symbol :wait_writable instead.
Returns object if it is a regexp:
Regexp.try_convert(/re/) # => /re/
Otherwise if object responds to :to_regexp, calls object.to_regexp and returns the result.
Returns nil if object does not respond to :to_regexp.
Regexp.try_convert('re') # => nil
Raises an exception unless object.to_regexp returns a regexp.
Requests a connection to be made on the given remote_sockaddr after O_NONBLOCK is set for the underlying file descriptor. Returns 0 if successful, otherwise an exception is raised.
# +remote_sockaddr+ - the +struct+ sockaddr contained in a string or Addrinfo object
# Pull down Google's web page require 'socket' include Socket::Constants socket = Socket.new(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0) sockaddr = Socket.sockaddr_in(80, 'www.google.com') begin # emulate blocking connect socket.connect_nonblock(sockaddr) rescue IO::WaitWritable IO.select(nil, [socket]) # wait 3-way handshake completion begin socket.connect_nonblock(sockaddr) # check connection failure rescue Errno::EISCONN end end socket.write("GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n") results = socket.read
Refer to Socket#connect for the exceptions that may be thrown if the call to connect_nonblock fails.
Socket#connect_nonblock may raise any error corresponding to connect(2) failure, including Errno::EINPROGRESS.
If the exception is Errno::EINPROGRESS, it is extended by IO::WaitWritable. So IO::WaitWritable can be used to rescue the exceptions for retrying connect_nonblock.
By specifying a keyword argument exception to false, you can indicate that connect_nonblock should not raise an IO::WaitWritable exception, but return the symbol :wait_writable instead.
# Socket#connect
Returns true for IPv4 multicast address (224.0.0.0/4). It returns false otherwise.
Returns true for IPv6 multicast address (ff00::/8). It returns false otherwise.
This method is defined for backward compatibility.
Scans the string until the pattern is matched. Returns the substring up to and including the end of the match, advancing the scan pointer to that location. If there is no match, nil is returned.
s = StringScanner.new("Fri Dec 12 1975 14:39") s.scan_until(/1/) # -> "Fri Dec 1" s.pre_match # -> "Fri Dec " s.scan_until(/XYZ/) # -> nil
Advances the scan pointer until pattern is matched and consumed. Returns the number of bytes advanced, or nil if no match was found.
Look ahead to match pattern, and advance the scan pointer to the end of the match. Return the number of characters advanced, or nil if the match was unsuccessful.
It’s similar to scan_until, but without returning the intervening string.
s = StringScanner.new("Fri Dec 12 1975 14:39") s.skip_until /12/ # -> 10 s #
This returns the value that scan_until would return, without advancing the scan pointer. The match register is affected, though.
s = StringScanner.new("Fri Dec 12 1975 14:39") s.check_until /12/ # -> "Fri Dec 12" s.pos # -> 0 s.matched # -> 12
Mnemonic: it “checks” to see whether a scan_until will return a value.