Returns a new Dir object representing the directory specified by the given integer directory file descriptor fd
:
d0 = Dir.new('..') d1 = Dir.for_fd(d0.fileno)
Note that the returned d1
does not have an associated path:
d0.path # => '..' d1.path # => nil
This method uses the fdopendir() function defined by POSIX 2008; the method is not implemented on non-POSIX platforms (raises NotImplementedError
).
Returns the dirpath
string that was used to create self
(or nil
if created by method Dir.for_fd
):
Dir.new('example').path # => "example"
Returns true
if the named file is writable 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 writable 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 true
if the named file is executable by the real user and group id of this process. See access(3).
Windows does not support execute permissions separately from read permissions. On Windows, a file is only considered executable if it ends in .bat, .cmd, .com, or .exe.
Note that some OS-level security features may cause this to return true even though the file is not executable by the real user/group.
Returns the list of available encoding names.
Encoding.name_list #=> ["US-ASCII", "ASCII-8BIT", "UTF-8", "ISO-8859-1", "Shift_JIS", "EUC-JP", "Windows-31J", "BINARY", "CP932", "eucJP"]
Creates a new Enumerator
which will enumerate by calling method
on obj
, passing args
if any. What was yielded by method becomes values of enumerator.
If a block is given, it will be used to calculate the size of the enumerator without the need to iterate it (see Enumerator#size
).
str = "xyz" enum = str.enum_for(:each_byte) enum.each { |b| puts b } # => 120 # => 121 # => 122 # protect an array from being modified by some_method a = [1, 2, 3] some_method(a.to_enum) # String#split in block form is more memory-effective: very_large_string.split("|") { |chunk| return chunk if chunk.include?('DATE') } # This could be rewritten more idiomatically with to_enum: very_large_string.to_enum(:split, "|").lazy.grep(/DATE/).first
It is typical to call to_enum
when defining methods for a generic Enumerable
, in case no block is passed.
Here is such an example, with parameter passing and a sizing block:
module Enumerable # a generic method to repeat the values of any enumerable def repeat(n) raise ArgumentError, "#{n} is negative!" if n < 0 unless block_given? return to_enum(__method__, n) do # __method__ is :repeat here sz = size # Call size and multiply by n... sz * n if sz # but return nil if size itself is nil end end each do |*val| n.times { yield *val } end end end %i[hello world].repeat(2) { |w| puts w } # => Prints 'hello', 'hello', 'world', 'world' enum = (1..14).repeat(3) # => returns an Enumerator when called without a block enum.first(4) # => [1, 1, 1, 2] enum.size # => 42
Creates a new Enumerator
which will enumerate by calling method
on obj
, passing args
if any. What was yielded by method becomes values of enumerator.
If a block is given, it will be used to calculate the size of the enumerator without the need to iterate it (see Enumerator#size
).
str = "xyz" enum = str.enum_for(:each_byte) enum.each { |b| puts b } # => 120 # => 121 # => 122 # protect an array from being modified by some_method a = [1, 2, 3] some_method(a.to_enum) # String#split in block form is more memory-effective: very_large_string.split("|") { |chunk| return chunk if chunk.include?('DATE') } # This could be rewritten more idiomatically with to_enum: very_large_string.to_enum(:split, "|").lazy.grep(/DATE/).first
It is typical to call to_enum
when defining methods for a generic Enumerable
, in case no block is passed.
Here is such an example, with parameter passing and a sizing block:
module Enumerable # a generic method to repeat the values of any enumerable def repeat(n) raise ArgumentError, "#{n} is negative!" if n < 0 unless block_given? return to_enum(__method__, n) do # __method__ is :repeat here sz = size # Call size and multiply by n... sz * n if sz # but return nil if size itself is nil end end each do |*val| n.times { yield *val } end end end %i[hello world].repeat(2) { |w| puts w } # => Prints 'hello', 'hello', 'world', 'world' enum = (1..14).repeat(3) # => returns an Enumerator when called without a block enum.first(4) # => [1, 1, 1, 2] enum.size # => 42
Convert an object to YAML
. See Psych.dump
for more information on the available options
.
Returns the singleton class of obj. This method creates a new singleton class if obj does not have one.
If obj is nil
, true
, or false
, it returns NilClass
, TrueClass
, or FalseClass
, respectively. If obj is an Integer
, a Float
or a Symbol
, it raises a TypeError
.
Object.new.singleton_class #=> #<Class:#<Object:0xb7ce1e24>> String.singleton_class #=> #<Class:String> nil.singleton_class #=> NilClass
Returns an array of the names of singleton methods for obj. If the optional all parameter is true, the list will include methods in modules included in obj. Only public and protected singleton methods are returned.
module Other def three() end end class Single def Single.four() end end a = Single.new def a.one() end class << a include Other def two() end end Single.singleton_methods #=> [:four] a.singleton_methods(false) #=> [:two, :one] a.singleton_methods #=> [:two, :one, :three]
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
Similar to method, searches singleton method only.
class Demo def initialize(n) @iv = n end def hello() "Hello, @iv = #{@iv}" end end k = Demo.new(99) def k.hi "Hi, @iv = #{@iv}" end m = k.singleton_method(:hi) m.call #=> "Hi, @iv = 99" m = k.singleton_method(:hello) #=> NameError
Returns true
if exception messages will be sent to a tty.
Returns a JSON
string representing self
:
require 'json/add/exception' puts Exception.new('Foo').to_json
Output:
{"json_class":"Exception","m":"Foo","b":null}
When this module is included in another, Ruby calls append_features
in this module, passing it the receiving module in mod. Ruby’s default implementation is to add the constants, methods, and module variables of this module to mod if this module has not already been added to mod or one of its ancestors. See also Module#include
.
Returns an array of all modules used in the current scope. The ordering of modules in the resulting array is not defined.
module A refine Object do end end module B refine Object do end end using A using B p Module.used_refinements
produces:
[#<refinement:Object@B>, #<refinement:Object@A>]
Invoked as a callback whenever a constant is assigned on the receiver
module Chatty def self.const_added(const_name) super puts "Added #{const_name.inspect}" end FOO = 1 end
produces:
Added :FOO
Invoked as a callback whenever an instance method is removed from the receiver.
module Chatty def self.method_removed(method_name) puts "Removing #{method_name.inspect}" end def self.some_class_method() end def some_instance_method() end class << self remove_method :some_class_method end remove_method :some_instance_method end
produces:
Removing :some_instance_method
Creates instance variables and corresponding methods that return the value of each instance variable. Equivalent to calling “attr
:name” on each name in turn. String
arguments are converted to symbols. Returns an array of defined method names as symbols.
Defines a named attribute for this module, where the name is symbol.id2name
, creating an instance variable (@name
) and a corresponding access method to read it. Also creates a method called name=
to set the attribute. String
arguments are converted to symbols. Returns an array of defined method names as symbols.
module Mod attr_accessor(:one, :two) #=> [:one, :one=, :two, :two=] end Mod.instance_methods.sort #=> [:one, :one=, :two, :two=]
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]
Checks for a constant with the given name in mod. If inherit
is set, the lookup will also search the ancestors (and Object
if mod is a Module
).
The value of the constant is returned if a definition is found, otherwise a NameError
is raised.
Math.const_get(:PI) #=> 3.14159265358979
This method will recursively look up constant names if a namespaced class name is provided. For example:
module Foo; class Bar; end end Object.const_get 'Foo::Bar'
The inherit
flag is respected on each lookup. For example:
module Foo class Bar VAL = 10 end class Baz < Bar; end end Object.const_get 'Foo::Baz::VAL' # => 10 Object.const_get 'Foo::Baz::VAL', false # => NameError
If the argument is not a valid constant name a NameError
will be raised with a warning “wrong constant name”.
Object.const_get 'foobar' #=> NameError: wrong constant name foobar