Calls WIN32OLE#invoke
method.
Evaluates a string containing Ruby source code, or the given block, within the context of the receiver (obj). In order to set the context, the variable self
is set to obj while the code is executing, giving the code access to obj’s instance variables and private methods.
When instance_eval
is given a block, obj is also passed in as the block’s only argument.
When instance_eval
is given a String
, the optional second and third parameters supply a filename and starting line number that are used when reporting compilation errors.
class KlassWithSecret def initialize @secret = 99 end private def the_secret "Ssssh! The secret is #{@secret}." end end k = KlassWithSecret.new k.instance_eval { @secret } #=> 99 k.instance_eval { the_secret } #=> "Ssssh! The secret is 99." k.instance_eval {|obj| obj == self } #=> true
Executes the given block within the context of the receiver (obj). In order to set the context, the variable self
is set to obj while the code is executing, giving the code access to obj’s instance variables. Arguments are passed as block parameters.
class KlassWithSecret def initialize @secret = 99 end end k = KlassWithSecret.new k.instance_exec(5) {|x| @secret+x } #=> 104
Invoked by Ruby when obj is sent a message it cannot handle. symbol is the symbol for the method called, and args are any arguments that were passed to it. By default, the interpreter raises an error when this method is called. However, it is possible to override the method to provide more dynamic behavior. If it is decided that a particular method should not be handled, then super should be called, so that ancestors can pick up the missing method. The example below creates a class Roman
, which responds to methods with names consisting of roman numerals, returning the corresponding integer values.
class Roman def roman_to_int(str) # ... end def method_missing(symbol, *args) str = symbol.id2name begin roman_to_int(str) rescue super(symbol, *args) end end end r = Roman.new r.iv #=> 4 r.xxiii #=> 23 r.mm #=> 2000 r.foo #=> NoMethodError
Returns the external encoding for files read from ARGF
as an Encoding
object. The external encoding is the encoding of the text as stored in a file. Contrast with ARGF.internal_encoding
, which is the encoding used to represent this text within Ruby.
To set the external encoding use ARGF.set_encoding
.
For example:
ARGF.external_encoding #=> #<Encoding:UTF-8>
If single argument is specified, strings read from ARGF
are tagged with the encoding specified.
If two encoding names separated by a colon are given, e.g. “ascii:utf-8”, the read string is converted from the first encoding (external encoding) to the second encoding (internal encoding), then tagged with the second encoding.
If two arguments are specified, they must be encoding objects or encoding names. Again, the first specifies the external encoding; the second specifies the internal encoding.
If the external encoding and the internal encoding are specified, the optional Hash
argument can be used to adjust the conversion process. The structure of this hash is explained in the String#encode
documentation.
For example:
ARGF.set_encoding('ascii') # Tag the input as US-ASCII text ARGF.set_encoding(Encoding::UTF_8) # Tag the input as UTF-8 text ARGF.set_encoding('utf-8','ascii') # Transcode the input from US-ASCII # to UTF-8.
Returns a hash of the name/value pairs, to use in pattern matching.
Measure = Data.define(:amount, :unit) distance = Measure[10, 'km'] distance.deconstruct_keys(nil) #=> {:amount=>10, :unit=>"km"} distance.deconstruct_keys([:amount]) #=> {:amount=>10} # usage case distance in amount:, unit: 'km' # calls #deconstruct_keys underneath puts "It is #{amount} kilometers away" else puts "Don't know how to handle it" end # prints "It is 10 kilometers away"
Or, with checking the class, too:
case distance in Measure(amount:, unit: 'km') puts "It is #{amount} kilometers away" # ... end
Returns a hash of the named captures for the given names.
m = /(?<hours>\d{2}):(?<minutes>\d{2}):(?<seconds>\d{2})/.match("18:37:22") m.deconstruct_keys([:hours, :minutes]) # => {:hours => "18", :minutes => "37"} m.deconstruct_keys(nil) # => {:hours => "18", :minutes => "37", :seconds => "22"}
Returns an empty hash if no named captures were defined:
m = /(\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2})/.match("18:37:22") m.deconstruct_keys(nil) # => {}
Raises PStore::Error
if the calling code is not in a PStore#transaction
.
Returns the original name of the method.
class C def foo; end alias bar foo end C.instance_method(:bar).original_name # => :foo
Returns the original name of the method.
class C def foo; end alias bar foo end C.instance_method(:bar).original_name # => :foo
Closes the outgoing port and returns whether it was already closed. All further attempts to Ractor.yield
in the ractor, and take
from the ractor will fail with Ractor::ClosedError
.
r = Ractor.new {sleep(500)} r.close_outgoing #=> false r.close_outgoing #=> true r.take # Ractor::ClosedError (The outgoing-port is already closed)
Returns the index of the first element that meets a specified criterion, or nil
if no such element is found.
With argument object
given, returns the index of the first element that is ==
object
:
['a', 'b', 'c', 'b'].find_index('b') # => 1
With a block given, calls the block with successive elements; returns the first element for which the block returns a truthy value:
['a', 'b', 'c', 'b'].find_index {|element| element.start_with?('b') } # => 1 {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2}.find_index {|key, value| value > 1 } # => 2
With no argument and no block given, returns an Enumerator
.
Adds aProc as a finalizer, to be called after obj was destroyed. The object ID of the obj will be passed as an argument to aProc. If aProc is a lambda or method, make sure it can be called with a single argument.
The return value is an array [0, aProc]
.
The two recommended patterns are to either create the finaliser proc in a non-instance method where it can safely capture the needed state, or to use a custom callable object that stores the needed state explicitly as instance variables.
class Foo def initialize(data_needed_for_finalization) ObjectSpace.define_finalizer(self, self.class.create_finalizer(data_needed_for_finalization)) end def self.create_finalizer(data_needed_for_finalization) proc { puts "finalizing #{data_needed_for_finalization}" } end end class Bar class Remover def initialize(data_needed_for_finalization) @data_needed_for_finalization = data_needed_for_finalization end def call(id) puts "finalizing #{@data_needed_for_finalization}" end end def initialize(data_needed_for_finalization) ObjectSpace.define_finalizer(self, Remover.new(data_needed_for_finalization)) end end
Note that if your finalizer references the object to be finalized it will never be run on GC
, although it will still be run at exit. You will get a warning if you capture the object to be finalized as the receiver of the finalizer.
class CapturesSelf def initialize(name) ObjectSpace.define_finalizer(self, proc { # this finalizer will only be run on exit puts "finalizing #{name}" }) end end
Also note that finalization can be unpredictable and is never guaranteed to be run except on exit.
Removes all finalizers for obj.
Parse a YAML
string in yaml
. Returns the Psych::Nodes::Stream
. This method can handle multiple YAML
documents contained in yaml
. filename
is used in the exception message if a Psych::SyntaxError
is raised.
If a block is given, a Psych::Nodes::Document
node will be yielded to the block as it’s being parsed.
Raises a Psych::SyntaxError
when a YAML
syntax error is detected.
Example:
Psych.parse_stream("---\n - a\n - b") # => #<Psych::Nodes::Stream:0x00> Psych.parse_stream("--- a\n--- b") do |node| node # => #<Psych::Nodes::Document:0x00> end begin Psych.parse_stream("--- `", filename: "file.txt") rescue Psych::SyntaxError => ex ex.file # => 'file.txt' ex.message # => "(file.txt): found character that cannot start any token" end
Raises a TypeError
when NilClass
is passed.
See Psych::Nodes
for more information about YAML
AST.
Dump a list of objects as separate documents to a document stream.
Example:
Psych.dump_stream("foo\n ", {}) # => "--- ! \"foo\\n \"\n--- {}\n"
Load multiple documents given in yaml
. Returns the parsed documents as a list. If a block is given, each document will be converted to Ruby and passed to the block during parsing
Example:
Psych.load_stream("--- foo\n...\n--- bar\n...") # => ['foo', 'bar'] list = [] Psych.load_stream("--- foo\n...\n--- bar\n...") do |ruby| list << ruby end list # => ['foo', 'bar']
Adds a pre-install hook that will be passed an Gem::Installer
instance when Gem::Installer#install
is called. If the hook returns false
then the install will be aborted.
Adds a pre-uninstall hook that will be passed an Gem::Uninstaller
instance and the spec that will be uninstalled when Gem::Uninstaller#uninstall
is called
Safely write a file in binary mode on all platforms.
Accepts a Thread::Backtrace::Location
object and returns a Prism::Node
corresponding to the backtrace location in the source code.