Raised to stop the iteration, in particular by Enumerator#next
. It is rescued by Kernel#loop
.
loop do puts "Hello" raise StopIteration puts "World" end puts "Done!"
produces:
Hello Done!
Class Exception
and its subclasses are used to communicate between Kernel#raise
and rescue
statements in begin ... end
blocks.
An Exception
object carries information about an exception:
Its type (the exception’s class).
An optional descriptive message.
Optional backtrace information.
Some built-in subclasses of Exception
have additional methods: e.g., NameError#name
.
Two Ruby statements have default exception classes:
raise
: defaults to RuntimeError
.
rescue
: defaults to StandardError
.
When an exception has been raised but not yet handled (in rescue
, ensure
, at_exit
and END
blocks), two global variables are set:
$!
contains the current exception.
$@
contains its backtrace.
To provide additional or alternate information, a program may create custom exception classes that derive from the built-in exception classes.
A good practice is for a library to create a single “generic” exception class (typically a subclass of StandardError
or RuntimeError
) and have its other exception classes derive from that class. This allows the user to rescue the generic exception, thus catching all exceptions the library may raise even if future versions of the library add new exception subclasses.
For example:
class MyLibrary class Error < ::StandardError end class WidgetError < Error end class FrobError < Error end end
To handle both MyLibrary::WidgetError and MyLibrary::FrobError the library user can rescue MyLibrary::Error.
Exception
Classes The built-in subclasses of Exception
are:
LoadError
fatal
A rational number can be represented as a pair of integer numbers: a/b (b>0), where a is the numerator and b is the denominator. Integer
a equals rational a/1 mathematically.
You can create a Rational object explicitly with:
A rational literal.
You can convert certain objects to Rationals with:
Method Rational
.
Examples
Rational(1) #=> (1/1) Rational(2, 3) #=> (2/3) Rational(4, -6) #=> (-2/3) # Reduced. 3.to_r #=> (3/1) 2/3r #=> (2/3)
You can also create rational objects from floating-point numbers or strings.
Rational(0.3) #=> (5404319552844595/18014398509481984) Rational('0.3') #=> (3/10) Rational('2/3') #=> (2/3) 0.3.to_r #=> (5404319552844595/18014398509481984) '0.3'.to_r #=> (3/10) '2/3'.to_r #=> (2/3) 0.3.rationalize #=> (3/10)
A rational object is an exact number, which helps you to write programs without any rounding errors.
10.times.inject(0) {|t| t + 0.1 } #=> 0.9999999999999999 10.times.inject(0) {|t| t + Rational('0.1') } #=> (1/1)
However, when an expression includes an inexact component (numerical value or operation), it will produce an inexact result.
Rational(10) / 3 #=> (10/3) Rational(10) / 3.0 #=> 3.3333333333333335 Rational(-8) ** Rational(1, 3) #=> (1.0000000000000002+1.7320508075688772i)
OptionParser
OptionParser
? See the Tutorial.
OptionParser
is a class for command-line option analysis. It is much more advanced, yet also easier to use, than GetoptLong, and is a more Ruby-oriented solution.
The argument specification and the code to handle it are written in the same place.
It can output an option summary; you don’t need to maintain this string separately.
Optional and mandatory arguments are specified very gracefully.
Arguments can be automatically converted to a specified class.
Arguments can be restricted to a certain set.
All of these features are demonstrated in the examples below. See make_switch
for full documentation.
require 'optparse' options = {} OptionParser.new do |parser| parser.banner = "Usage: example.rb [options]" parser.on("-v", "--[no-]verbose", "Run verbosely") do |v| options[:verbose] = v end end.parse! p options p ARGV
OptionParser
can be used to automatically generate help for the commands you write:
require 'optparse' Options = Struct.new(:name) class Parser def self.parse(options) args = Options.new("world") opt_parser = OptionParser.new do |parser| parser.banner = "Usage: example.rb [options]" parser.on("-nNAME", "--name=NAME", "Name to say hello to") do |n| args.name = n end parser.on("-h", "--help", "Prints this help") do puts parser exit end end opt_parser.parse!(options) return args end end options = Parser.parse %w[--help] #=> # Usage: example.rb [options] # -n, --name=NAME Name to say hello to # -h, --help Prints this help
For options that require an argument, option specification strings may include an option name in all caps. If an option is used without the required argument, an exception will be raised.
require 'optparse' options = {} OptionParser.new do |parser| parser.on("-r", "--require LIBRARY", "Require the LIBRARY before executing your script") do |lib| puts "You required #{lib}!" end end.parse!
Used:
$ ruby optparse-test.rb -r optparse-test.rb:9:in `<main>': missing argument: -r (OptionParser::MissingArgument) $ ruby optparse-test.rb -r my-library You required my-library!
OptionParser
supports the ability to coerce command line arguments into objects for us.
OptionParser
comes with a few ready-to-use kinds of type coercion. They are:
Date
– Anything accepted by Date.parse
(need to require optparse/date
)
DateTime
– Anything accepted by DateTime.parse
(need to require optparse/date
)
Time
– Anything accepted by Time.httpdate
or Time.parse
(need to require optparse/time
)
URI
– Anything accepted by URI.parse
(need to require optparse/uri
)
Shellwords
– Anything accepted by Shellwords.shellwords
(need to require optparse/shellwords
)
String
– Any non-empty string
Integer
– Any integer. Will convert octal. (e.g. 124, -3, 040)
Float
– Any float. (e.g. 10, 3.14, -100E+13)
Numeric
– Any integer, float, or rational (1, 3.4, 1/3)
DecimalInteger
– Like Integer
, but no octal format.
OctalInteger
– Like Integer
, but no decimal format.
DecimalNumeric
– Decimal integer or float.
TrueClass
– Accepts ‘+, yes, true, -, no, false’ and defaults as true
FalseClass
– Same as TrueClass
, but defaults to false
Array
– Strings separated by ‘,’ (e.g. 1,2,3)
Regexp
– Regular expressions. Also includes options.
We can also add our own coercions, which we will cover below.
As an example, the built-in Time
conversion is used. The other built-in conversions behave in the same way. OptionParser
will attempt to parse the argument as a Time
. If it succeeds, that time will be passed to the handler block. Otherwise, an exception will be raised.
require 'optparse' require 'optparse/time' OptionParser.new do |parser| parser.on("-t", "--time [TIME]", Time, "Begin execution at given time") do |time| p time end end.parse!
Used:
$ ruby optparse-test.rb -t nonsense ... invalid argument: -t nonsense (OptionParser::InvalidArgument) $ ruby optparse-test.rb -t 10-11-12 2010-11-12 00:00:00 -0500 $ ruby optparse-test.rb -t 9:30 2014-08-13 09:30:00 -0400
The accept
method on OptionParser
may be used to create converters. It specifies which conversion block to call whenever a class is specified. The example below uses it to fetch a User
object before the on
handler receives it.
require 'optparse' User = Struct.new(:id, :name) def find_user id not_found = ->{ raise "No User Found for id #{id}" } [ User.new(1, "Sam"), User.new(2, "Gandalf") ].find(not_found) do |u| u.id == id end end op = OptionParser.new op.accept(User) do |user_id| find_user user_id.to_i end op.on("--user ID", User) do |user| puts user end op.parse!
Used:
$ ruby optparse-test.rb --user 1 #<struct User id=1, name="Sam"> $ ruby optparse-test.rb --user 2 #<struct User id=2, name="Gandalf"> $ ruby optparse-test.rb --user 3 optparse-test.rb:15:in `block in find_user': No User Found for id 3 (RuntimeError)
Hash
The into
option of order
, parse
and so on methods stores command line options into a Hash
.
require 'optparse' options = {} OptionParser.new do |parser| parser.on('-a') parser.on('-b NUM', Integer) parser.on('-v', '--verbose') end.parse!(into: options) p options
Used:
$ ruby optparse-test.rb -a {:a=>true} $ ruby optparse-test.rb -a -v {:a=>true, :verbose=>true} $ ruby optparse-test.rb -a -b 100 {:a=>true, :b=>100}
The following example is a complete Ruby program. You can run it and see the effect of specifying various options. This is probably the best way to learn the features of optparse
.
require 'optparse' require 'optparse/time' require 'ostruct' require 'pp' class OptparseExample Version = '1.0.0' CODES = %w[iso-2022-jp shift_jis euc-jp utf8 binary] CODE_ALIASES = { "jis" => "iso-2022-jp", "sjis" => "shift_jis" } class ScriptOptions attr_accessor :library, :inplace, :encoding, :transfer_type, :verbose, :extension, :delay, :time, :record_separator, :list def initialize self.library = [] self.inplace = false self.encoding = "utf8" self.transfer_type = :auto self.verbose = false end def define_options(parser) parser.banner = "Usage: example.rb [options]" parser.separator "" parser.separator "Specific options:" # add additional options perform_inplace_option(parser) delay_execution_option(parser) execute_at_time_option(parser) specify_record_separator_option(parser) list_example_option(parser) specify_encoding_option(parser) optional_option_argument_with_keyword_completion_option(parser) boolean_verbose_option(parser) parser.separator "" parser.separator "Common options:" # No argument, shows at tail. This will print an options summary. # Try it and see! parser.on_tail("-h", "--help", "Show this message") do puts parser exit end # Another typical switch to print the version. parser.on_tail("--version", "Show version") do puts Version exit end end def perform_inplace_option(parser) # Specifies an optional option argument parser.on("-i", "--inplace [EXTENSION]", "Edit ARGV files in place", "(make backup if EXTENSION supplied)") do |ext| self.inplace = true self.extension = ext || '' self.extension.sub!(/\A\.?(?=.)/, ".") # Ensure extension begins with dot. end end def delay_execution_option(parser) # Cast 'delay' argument to a Float. parser.on("--delay N", Float, "Delay N seconds before executing") do |n| self.delay = n end end def execute_at_time_option(parser) # Cast 'time' argument to a Time object. parser.on("-t", "--time [TIME]", Time, "Begin execution at given time") do |time| self.time = time end end def specify_record_separator_option(parser) # Cast to octal integer. parser.on("-F", "--irs [OCTAL]", OptionParser::OctalInteger, "Specify record separator (default \\0)") do |rs| self.record_separator = rs end end def list_example_option(parser) # List of arguments. parser.on("--list x,y,z", Array, "Example 'list' of arguments") do |list| self.list = list end end def specify_encoding_option(parser) # Keyword completion. We are specifying a specific set of arguments (CODES # and CODE_ALIASES - notice the latter is a Hash), and the user may provide # the shortest unambiguous text. code_list = (CODE_ALIASES.keys + CODES).join(', ') parser.on("--code CODE", CODES, CODE_ALIASES, "Select encoding", "(#{code_list})") do |encoding| self.encoding = encoding end end def optional_option_argument_with_keyword_completion_option(parser) # Optional '--type' option argument with keyword completion. parser.on("--type [TYPE]", [:text, :binary, :auto], "Select transfer type (text, binary, auto)") do |t| self.transfer_type = t end end def boolean_verbose_option(parser) # Boolean switch. parser.on("-v", "--[no-]verbose", "Run verbosely") do |v| self.verbose = v end end end # # Return a structure describing the options. # def parse(args) # The options specified on the command line will be collected in # *options*. @options = ScriptOptions.new @args = OptionParser.new do |parser| @options.define_options(parser) parser.parse!(args) end @options end attr_reader :parser, :options end # class OptparseExample example = OptparseExample.new options = example.parse(ARGV) pp options # example.options pp ARGV
Completion
For modern shells (e.g. bash, zsh, etc.), you can use shell completion for command line options.
The above examples, along with the accompanying Tutorial, should be enough to learn how to use this class. If you have any questions, file a ticket at bugs.ruby-lang.org.
A generic error class raised when an invalid operation is attempted. Kernel#raise
will raise a RuntimeError
if no Exception
class is specified.
raise "ouch"
raises the exception:
RuntimeError: ouch
Raised when throw
is called with a tag which does not have corresponding catch
block.
throw "foo", "bar"
raises the exception:
UncaughtThrowError: uncaught throw "foo"
Potentially raised when a specification is validated.
The InstructionSequence
class represents a compiled sequence of instructions for the Virtual Machine used in MRI. Not all implementations of Ruby may implement this class, and for the implementations that implement it, the methods defined and behavior of the methods can change in any version.
With it, you can get a handle to the instructions that make up a method or a proc, compile strings of Ruby code down to VM instructions, and disassemble instruction sequences to strings for easy inspection. It is mostly useful if you want to learn how YARV works, but it also lets you control various settings for the Ruby iseq compiler.
You can find the source for the VM instructions in insns.def
in the Ruby source.
The instruction sequence results will almost certainly change as Ruby changes, so example output in this documentation may be different from what you see.
Of course, this class is MRI specific.
Response class for Non-Authoritative Information
responses (status code 203).
The Non-Authoritative Information
response indicates that the server is a transforming proxy (such as a Web accelerator) that received a 200 OK response from its origin, and is returning a modified version of the origin’s response.
References:
Mixin methods for –version and –platform Gem::Command
options.
A pointer to a C union
Parent class for redirection (3xx) HTTP
response classes.
A redirection response indicates the client must take additional action to complete the request.
References:
Response class for Proxy Authentication Required
responses (status code 407).
The client must first authenticate itself with the proxy.
References:
Response class for Precondition Required
responses (status code 428).
The origin server requires the request to be conditional.
References:
Response class for Network Authentication Required
responses (status code 511).
The client needs to authenticate to gain network access.
References:
Raised by Gem::Resolver
when a Gem::Dependency::Conflict reaches the toplevel. Indicates which dependencies were incompatible through conflict
and conflicting_dependencies
Raised when attempting to uninstall a gem that isn’t in GEM_HOME.
Raised by the DependencyInstaller when a specific gem cannot be found
UserInteraction
allows RubyGems to interact with the user through standard methods that can be replaced with more-specific UI methods for different displays.
Since UserInteraction
dispatches to a concrete UI class you may need to reference other classes for specific behavior such as Gem::ConsoleUI
or Gem::SilentUI
.
Example:
class X include Gem::UserInteraction def get_answer n = ask("What is the meaning of life?") end end
A base class for objects representing a C union