If object is string-like, parse the string and return the parsed result as a Ruby data structure. Otherwise, generate a JSON text from the Ruby data structure object and return it.
The opts argument is passed through to generate/parse respectively. See generate and parse for their documentation.
Creates a new Pathname object from the given string, path, and returns pathname object.
In order to use this constructor, you must first require the Pathname standard library extension.
require 'pathname' Pathname("/home/zzak") #=> #<Pathname:/home/zzak>
See also Pathname::new for more information.
Creates an IO object connected to the given file.
This method has potential security vulnerabilities if called with untrusted input; see Command Injection.
With no block given, file stream is returned:
open('t.txt') # => #<File:t.txt>
With a block given, calls the block with the open file stream, then closes the stream:
open('t.txt') {|f| p f } # => #<File:t.txt (closed)>
Output:
#<File:t.txt>
See File.open for details.
Invokes system call select(2), which monitors multiple file descriptors, waiting until one or more of the file descriptors becomes ready for some class of I/O operation.
Not implemented on all platforms.
Each of the arguments read_ios, write_ios, and error_ios is an array of IO objects.
Argument timeout is a numeric value (such as integer or float) timeout interval in seconds.
The method monitors the IO objects given in all three arrays, waiting for some to be ready; returns a 3-element array whose elements are:
An array of the objects in read_ios that are ready for reading.
An array of the objects in write_ios that are ready for writing.
An array of the objects in error_ios have pending exceptions.
If no object becomes ready within the given timeout, nil is returned.
IO.select peeks the buffer of IO objects for testing readability. If the IO buffer is not empty, IO.select immediately notifies readability. This “peek” only happens for IO objects. It does not happen for IO-like objects such as OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket.
The best way to use IO.select is invoking it after non-blocking methods such as read_nonblock, write_nonblock, etc. The methods raise an exception which is extended by IO::WaitReadable or IO::WaitWritable. The modules notify how the caller should wait with IO.select. If IO::WaitReadable is raised, the caller should wait for reading. If IO::WaitWritable is raised, the caller should wait for writing.
So, blocking read (readpartial) can be emulated using read_nonblock and IO.select as follows:
begin result = io_like.read_nonblock(maxlen) rescue IO::WaitReadable IO.select([io_like]) retry rescue IO::WaitWritable IO.select(nil, [io_like]) retry end
Especially, the combination of non-blocking methods and IO.select is preferred for IO like objects such as OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket. It has to_io method to return underlying IO object. IO.select calls to_io to obtain the file descriptor to wait.
This means that readability notified by IO.select doesn’t mean readability from OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket object.
The most likely situation is that OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket buffers some data. IO.select doesn’t see the buffer. So IO.select can block when OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket#readpartial doesn’t block.
However, several more complicated situations exist.
SSL is a protocol which is sequence of records. The record consists of multiple bytes. So, the remote side of SSL sends a partial record, IO.select notifies readability but OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket cannot decrypt a byte and OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket#readpartial will block.
Also, the remote side can request SSL renegotiation which forces the local SSL engine to write some data. This means OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket#readpartial may invoke write system call and it can block. In such a situation, OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket#read_nonblock raises IO::WaitWritable instead of blocking. So, the caller should wait for ready for writability as above example.
The combination of non-blocking methods and IO.select is also useful for streams such as tty, pipe socket socket when multiple processes read from a stream.
Finally, Linux kernel developers don’t guarantee that readability of select(2) means readability of following read(2) even for a single process; see select(2)
Invoking IO.select before IO#readpartial works well as usual. However it is not the best way to use IO.select.
The writability notified by select(2) doesn’t show how many bytes are writable. IO#write method blocks until given whole string is written. So, IO#write(two or more bytes) can block after writability is notified by IO.select. IO#write_nonblock is required to avoid the blocking.
Blocking write (write) can be emulated using write_nonblock and IO.select as follows: IO::WaitReadable should also be rescued for SSL renegotiation in OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket.
while 0 < string.bytesize begin written = io_like.write_nonblock(string) rescue IO::WaitReadable IO.select([io_like]) retry rescue IO::WaitWritable IO.select(nil, [io_like]) retry end string = string.byteslice(written..-1) end
Example:
rp, wp = IO.pipe mesg = "ping " 100.times { # IO.select follows IO#read. Not the best way to use IO.select. rs, ws, = IO.select([rp], [wp]) if r = rs[0] ret = r.read(5) print ret case ret when /ping/ mesg = "pong\n" when /pong/ mesg = "ping " end end if w = ws[0] w.write(mesg) end }
Output:
ping pong ping pong ping pong (snipped) ping
Produces a shallow copy of obj—the instance variables of obj are copied, but not the objects they reference. clone copies the frozen value state of obj, unless the :freeze keyword argument is given with a false or true value. See also the discussion under Object#dup.
class Klass attr_accessor :str end s1 = Klass.new #=> #<Klass:0x401b3a38> s1.str = "Hello" #=> "Hello" s2 = s1.clone #=> #<Klass:0x401b3998 @str="Hello"> s2.str[1,4] = "i" #=> "i" s1.inspect #=> "#<Klass:0x401b3a38 @str=\"Hi\">" s2.inspect #=> "#<Klass:0x401b3998 @str=\"Hi\">"
This method may have class-specific behavior. If so, that behavior will be documented under the #initialize_copy method of the class.
Repeatedly executes the block.
If no block is given, an enumerator is returned instead.
loop do print "Input: " line = gets break if !line or line =~ /^q/i # ... end
A StopIteration raised in the block breaks the loop. In this case, loop returns the “result” value stored in the exception.
enum = Enumerator.new { |y| y << "one" y << "two" :ok } result = loop { puts enum.next } #=> :ok
Returns an integer converted from object.
Tries to convert object to an integer using to_int first and to_i second; see below for exceptions.
With a non-zero base, object must be a string or convertible to a string.
With an integer argument object given, returns object:
Integer(1) # => 1 Integer(-1) # => -1
With a floating-point argument object given, returns object truncated to an integer:
Integer(1.9) # => 1 # Rounds toward zero. Integer(-1.9) # => -1 # Rounds toward zero.
With a string argument object and zero base given, returns object converted to an integer in base 10:
Integer('100') # => 100 Integer('-100') # => -100
With base zero, string object may contain leading characters to specify the actual base (radix indicator):
Integer('0100') # => 64 # Leading '0' specifies base 8. Integer('0b100') # => 4 # Leading '0b' specifies base 2. Integer('0x100') # => 256 # Leading '0x' specifies base 16.
With a positive base (in range 2..36) given, returns object converted to an integer in the given base:
Integer('100', 2) # => 4 Integer('100', 8) # => 64 Integer('-100', 16) # => -256
With a negative base (in range -36..-2) given, returns object converted to the radix indicator if it exists or base:
Integer('0x100', -2) # => 256 Integer('100', -2) # => 4 Integer('0b100', -8) # => 4 Integer('100', -8) # => 64 Integer('0o100', -10) # => 64 Integer('100', -10) # => 100
base -1 is equivalent to the -10 case.
When converting strings, surrounding whitespace and embedded underscores are allowed and ignored:
Integer(' 100 ') # => 100 Integer('-1_0_0', 16) # => -256
Examples with object of various other classes:
Integer(Rational(9, 10)) # => 0 # Rounds toward zero. Integer(Complex(2, 0)) # => 2 # Imaginary part must be zero. Integer(Time.now) # => 1650974042
With the optional keyword argument exception given as true (the default):
Raises TypeError if object does not respond to to_int or to_i.
Raises TypeError if object is nil.
Raises ArgumentError if object is an invalid string.
With exception given as false, an exception of any kind is suppressed and nil is returned.
Returns an array converted from object.
Tries to convert object to an array using to_ary first and to_a second:
Array([0, 1, 2]) # => [0, 1, 2] Array({foo: 0, bar: 1}) # => [[:foo, 0], [:bar, 1]] Array(0..4) # => [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]
Returns object in an array, [object], if object cannot be converted:
Array(:foo) # => [:foo]
Creates a new child process by doing one of the following in that process:
Passing string command_line to the shell.
Invoking the executable at exe_path.
This method has potential security vulnerabilities if called with untrusted input; see Command Injection.
Returns the process ID (pid) of the new process, without waiting for it to complete.
To avoid zombie processes, the parent process should call either:
Process.wait, to collect the termination statuses of its children.
Process.detach, to register disinterest in their status.
The new process is created using the exec system call; it may inherit some of its environment from the calling program (possibly including open file descriptors).
Argument env, if given, is a hash that affects ENV for the new process; see Execution Environment.
Argument options is a hash of options for the new process; see Execution Options.
The first required argument is one of the following:
command_line if it is a string, and if it begins with a shell reserved word or special built-in, or if it contains one or more meta characters.
exe_path otherwise.
Argument command_line
String argument command_line is a command line to be passed to a shell; it must begin with a shell reserved word, begin with a special built-in, or contain meta characters:
spawn('if true; then echo "Foo"; fi') # => 798847 # Shell reserved word. Process.wait # => 798847 spawn('exit') # => 798848 # Built-in. Process.wait # => 798848 spawn('date > /tmp/date.tmp') # => 798879 # Contains meta character. Process.wait # => 798849 spawn('date > /nop/date.tmp') # => 798882 # Issues error message. Process.wait # => 798882
The command line may also contain arguments and options for the command:
spawn('echo "Foo"') # => 799031 Process.wait # => 799031
Output:
Foo
See Execution Shell for details about the shell.
Raises an exception if the new process could not execute.
Argument exe_path
Argument exe_path is one of the following:
The string path to an executable to be called.
A 2-element array containing the path to an executable to be called, and the string to be used as the name of the executing process.
spawn('/usr/bin/date') # Path to date on Unix-style system. Process.wait
Output:
Mon Aug 28 11:43:10 AM CDT 2023
Ruby invokes the executable directly. This form does not use the shell; see Arguments args for caveats.
If one or more args is given, each is an argument or option to be passed to the executable:
spawn('echo', 'C*') # => 799392 Process.wait # => 799392 spawn('echo', 'hello', 'world') # => 799393 Process.wait # => 799393
Output:
C* hello world
Raises an exception if the new process could not execute.
Equivalent to ($_.dup).chop!, except nil is never returned. See String#chop!. Available only when -p/-n command line option specified.
Returns the current execution stack—an array containing strings in the form file:line or file:line: in `method'.
The optional start parameter determines the number of initial stack entries to omit from the top of the stack.
A second optional length parameter can be used to limit how many entries are returned from the stack.
Returns nil if start is greater than the size of current execution stack.
Optionally you can pass a range, which will return an array containing the entries within the specified range.
def a(skip) caller(skip) end def b(skip) a(skip) end def c(skip) b(skip) end c(0) #=> ["prog:2:in `a'", "prog:5:in `b'", "prog:8:in `c'", "prog:10:in `<main>'"] c(1) #=> ["prog:5:in `b'", "prog:8:in `c'", "prog:11:in `<main>'"] c(2) #=> ["prog:8:in `c'", "prog:12:in `<main>'"] c(3) #=> ["prog:13:in `<main>'"] c(4) #=> [] c(5) #=> nil
Deprecated. Use block_given? instead.
If warnings have been disabled (for example with the -W0 flag), does nothing. Otherwise, converts each of the messages to strings, appends a newline character to the string if the string does not end in a newline, and calls Warning.warn with the string.
warn("warning 1", "warning 2")
produces:
warning 1 warning 2
If the uplevel keyword argument is given, the string will be prepended with information for the given caller frame in the same format used by the rb_warn C function.
# In baz.rb def foo warn("invalid call to foo", uplevel: 1) end def bar foo end bar
produces:
baz.rb:6: warning: invalid call to foo
If category keyword argument is given, passes the category to Warning.warn. The category given must be one of the following categories:
Used for warning for deprecated functionality that may be removed in the future.
Used for experimental features that may change in future releases.
Used for warning about APIs or pattern that have negative performance impact
Returns an array containing elements selected by the block.
With a block given, calls the block with successive elements; returns an array of those elements for which the block returns a truthy value:
(0..9).select {|element| element % 3 == 0 } # => [0, 3, 6, 9] a = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2}.select {|key, value| key.start_with?('b') } a # => {:bar=>1, :baz=>2}
With no block given, returns an Enumerator.
Related: reject.
Returns an array containing elements selected by the block.
With a block given, calls the block with successive elements; returns an array of those elements for which the block returns a truthy value:
(0..9).select {|element| element % 3 == 0 } # => [0, 3, 6, 9] a = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2}.select {|key, value| key.start_with?('b') } a # => {:bar=>1, :baz=>2}
With no block given, returns an Enumerator.
Related: reject.
Returns the first element or elements.
With no argument, returns the first element, or nil if there is none:
(1..4).first # => 1 %w[a b c].first # => "a" {foo: 1, bar: 1, baz: 2}.first # => [:foo, 1] [].first # => nil
With integer argument n, returns an array containing the first n elements that exist:
(1..4).first(2) # => [1, 2] %w[a b c d].first(3) # => ["a", "b", "c"] %w[a b c d].first(50) # => ["a", "b", "c", "d"] {foo: 1, bar: 1, baz: 2}.first(2) # => [[:foo, 1], [:bar, 1]] [].first(2) # => []
Returns whether exactly one element meets a given criterion.
With no argument and no block, returns whether exactly one element is truthy:
(1..1).one? # => true [1, nil, false].one? # => true (1..4).one? # => false {foo: 0}.one? # => true {foo: 0, bar: 1}.one? # => false [].one? # => false
With argument pattern and no block, returns whether for exactly one element element, pattern === element:
[nil, false, 0].one?(Integer) # => true [nil, false, 0].one?(Numeric) # => true [nil, false, 0].one?(Float) # => false %w[bar baz bat bam].one?(/m/) # => true %w[bar baz bat bam].one?(/foo/) # => false %w[bar baz bat bam].one?('ba') # => false {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2}.one?(Array) # => false {foo: 0}.one?(Array) # => true [].one?(Integer) # => false
With a block given, returns whether the block returns a truthy value for exactly one element:
(1..4).one? {|element| element < 2 } # => true (1..4).one? {|element| element < 1 } # => false {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2}.one? {|key, value| value < 1 } # => true {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2}.one? {|key, value| value < 2 } # => false
Returns whether no element meets a given criterion.
With no argument and no block, returns whether no element is truthy:
(1..4).none? # => false [nil, false].none? # => true {foo: 0}.none? # => false {foo: 0, bar: 1}.none? # => false [].none? # => true
With argument pattern and no block, returns whether for no element element, pattern === element:
[nil, false, 1.1].none?(Integer) # => true %w[bar baz bat bam].none?(/m/) # => false %w[bar baz bat bam].none?(/foo/) # => true %w[bar baz bat bam].none?('ba') # => true {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2}.none?(Hash) # => true {foo: 0}.none?(Array) # => false [].none?(Integer) # => true
With a block given, returns whether the block returns a truthy value for no element:
(1..4).none? {|element| element < 1 } # => true (1..4).none? {|element| element < 2 } # => false {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2}.none? {|key, value| value < 0 } # => true {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2}.none? {|key, value| value < 1 } # => false
Returns whether for any element object == element:
(1..4).include?(2) # => true (1..4).include?(5) # => false (1..4).include?('2') # => false %w[a b c d].include?('b') # => true %w[a b c d].include?('2') # => false {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2}.include?(:foo) # => true {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2}.include?('foo') # => false {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2}.include?(0) # => false
For positive integer n, returns an array containing all but the first n elements:
r = (1..4) r.drop(3) # => [4] r.drop(2) # => [3, 4] r.drop(1) # => [2, 3, 4] r.drop(0) # => [1, 2, 3, 4] r.drop(50) # => [] h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2, bat: 3} h.drop(2) # => [[:baz, 2], [:bat, 3]]
Returns an array of all non-nil elements:
a = [nil, 0, nil, 'a', false, nil, false, nil, 'a', nil, 0, nil] a.compact # => [0, "a", false, false, "a", 0]
Writes warning message msg to $stderr. This method is called by Ruby for all emitted warnings. A category may be included with the warning.
See the documentation of the Warning module for how to customize this.
Set up the coverage measurement.
Note that this method does not start the measurement itself. Use Coverage.resume to start the measurement.
You may want to use Coverage.start to setup and then start the measurement.
Enables the coverage measurement. See the documentation of Coverage class in detail. This is equivalent to Coverage.setup and Coverage.resume.
Resets the process of reading the /etc/passwd file, so that the next call to ::getpwent will return the first entry again.