Equivalent to $stdout.print(*objects), this method is the straightforward way to write to $stdout.
Writes the given objects to $stdout; returns nil. Appends the output record separator $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR $\), if it is not nil.
With argument objects given, for each object:
Converts via its method to_s if not a string.
Writes to stdout.
If not the last object, writes the output field separator $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR ($, if it is not nil.
With default separators:
objects = [0, 0.0, Rational(0, 1), Complex(0, 0), :zero, 'zero'] $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR print(*objects)
Output:
nil nil 00.00/10+0izerozero
With specified separators:
$OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR = "\n" $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR = ',' print(*objects)
Output:
0,0.0,0/1,0+0i,zero,zero
With no argument given, writes the content of $_ (which is usually the most recent user input):
gets # Sets $_ to the most recent user input. print # Prints $_.
Returns a URI object derived from the given uri, which may be a URI string or an existing URI object:
# Returns a new URI. uri = URI('http://github.com/ruby/ruby') # => #<URI::HTTP http://github.com/ruby/ruby> # Returns the given URI. URI(uri) # => #<URI::HTTP http://github.com/ruby/ruby>
Returns a URI object derived from the given uri, which may be a URI string or an existing URI object:
# Returns a new URI. uri = URI('http://github.com/ruby/ruby') # => #<URI::HTTP http://github.com/ruby/ruby> # Returns the given URI. URI(uri) # => #<URI::HTTP http://github.com/ruby/ruby>
Returns the string resulting from formatting objects into format_string.
For details on format_string, see Format Specifications.
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:
true if the command exits with status zero.
false if the exit status is a non-zero integer.
nil if the command could not execute.
Raises an exception (instead of returning false or nil) if keyword argument exception is set to true.
Assigns the command’s error status to $?.
The new process is created using the system 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:
system('if true; then echo "Foo"; fi') # => true # Shell reserved word. system('exit') # => true # Built-in. system('date > /tmp/date.tmp') # => true # Contains meta character. system('date > /nop/date.tmp') # => false system('date > /nop/date.tmp', exception: true) # Raises RuntimeError.
Assigns the command’s error status to $?:
system('exit') # => true # Built-in. $? # => #<Process::Status: pid 640610 exit 0> system('date > /nop/date.tmp') # => false $? # => #<Process::Status: pid 640742 exit 2>
The command line may also contain arguments and options for the command:
system('echo "Foo"') # => true
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 and the string to be used as the name of the executing process.
Example:
system('/usr/bin/date') # => true # Path to date on Unix-style system. system('foo') # => nil # Command failed.
Output:
Mon Aug 28 11:43:10 AM CDT 2023
Assigns the command’s error status to $?:
system('/usr/bin/date') # => true $? # => #<Process::Status: pid 645605 exit 0> system('foo') # => nil $? # => #<Process::Status: pid 645608 exit 127>
Ruby invokes the executable directly. This form does not use the shell; see Arguments args for caveats.
system('doesnt_exist') # => nil
If one or more args is given, each is an argument or option to be passed to the executable:
system('echo', 'C*') # => true system('echo', 'hello', 'world') # => true
Output:
C* hello world
Raises an exception if the new process could not execute.
Specifies the handling of signals. The first parameter is a signal name (a string such as “SIGALRM”, “SIGUSR1”, and so on) or a signal number. The characters “SIG” may be omitted from the signal name. The command or block specifies code to be run when the signal is raised. If the command is the string “IGNORE” or “SIG_IGN”, the signal will be ignored. If the command is “DEFAULT” or “SIG_DFL”, the Ruby’s default handler will be invoked. If the command is “EXIT”, the script will be terminated by the signal. If the command is “SYSTEM_DEFAULT”, the operating system’s default handler will be invoked. Otherwise, the given command or block will be run. The special signal name “EXIT” or signal number zero will be invoked just prior to program termination. trap returns the previous handler for the given signal.
Signal.trap(0, proc { puts "Terminating: #{$$}" }) Signal.trap("CLD") { puts "Child died" } fork && Process.wait
produces:
Terminating: 27461 Child died Terminating: 27460
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) # => []
With no block given, returns a new array new_array of size self.size whose elements are arrays. Each nested array new_array[n] is of size other_enums.size+1, and contains:
The n-th element of self.
The n-th element of each of the other_enums.
If all other_enums and self are the same size, all elements are included in the result, and there is no nil-filling:
a = [:a0, :a1, :a2, :a3] b = [:b0, :b1, :b2, :b3] c = [:c0, :c1, :c2, :c3] d = a.zip(b, c) d # => [[:a0, :b0, :c0], [:a1, :b1, :c1], [:a2, :b2, :c2], [:a3, :b3, :c3]] f = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2} g = {goo: 3, gar: 4, gaz: 5} h = {hoo: 6, har: 7, haz: 8} d = f.zip(g, h) d # => [ # [[:foo, 0], [:goo, 3], [:hoo, 6]], # [[:bar, 1], [:gar, 4], [:har, 7]], # [[:baz, 2], [:gaz, 5], [:haz, 8]] # ]
If any enumerable in other_enums is smaller than self, fills to self.size with nil:
a = [:a0, :a1, :a2, :a3] b = [:b0, :b1, :b2] c = [:c0, :c1] d = a.zip(b, c) d # => [[:a0, :b0, :c0], [:a1, :b1, :c1], [:a2, :b2, nil], [:a3, nil, nil]]
If any enumerable in other_enums is larger than self, its trailing elements are ignored:
a = [:a0, :a1, :a2, :a3] b = [:b0, :b1, :b2, :b3, :b4] c = [:c0, :c1, :c2, :c3, :c4, :c5] d = a.zip(b, c) d # => [[:a0, :b0, :c0], [:a1, :b1, :c1], [:a2, :b2, :c2], [:a3, :b3, :c3]]
When a block is given, calls the block with each of the sub-arrays (formed as above); returns nil:
a = [:a0, :a1, :a2, :a3] b = [:b0, :b1, :b2, :b3] c = [:c0, :c1, :c2, :c3] a.zip(b, c) {|sub_array| p sub_array} # => nil
Output:
[:a0, :b0, :c0] [:a1, :b1, :c1] [:a2, :b2, :c2] [:a3, :b3, :c3]
Returns a list of the supported category symbols.
Enables the coverage measurement. See the documentation of Coverage class in detail. This is equivalent to Coverage.setup and Coverage.resume.
Returns the state of the coverage measurement.
Returns system temporary directory; typically “/tmp”.
Returns a Digest subclass by name
require 'openssl' OpenSSL::Digest("MD5") # => OpenSSL::Digest::MD5 Digest("Foo") # => NameError: wrong constant name Foo
Returns a Digest subclass by name
require 'openssl' OpenSSL::Digest("MD5") # => OpenSSL::Digest::MD5 Digest("Foo") # => NameError: wrong constant name Foo
Gzip the given string. Valid values of level are Zlib::NO_COMPRESSION, Zlib::BEST_SPEED, Zlib::BEST_COMPRESSION, Zlib::DEFAULT_COMPRESSION (default), or an integer from 0 to 9.
This method is almost equivalent to the following code:
def gzip(string, level: nil, strategy: nil) sio = StringIO.new sio.binmode gz = Zlib::GzipWriter.new(sio, level, strategy) gz.write(string) gz.close sio.string end
See also Zlib.gunzip
Decode the given gzipped string.
This method is almost equivalent to the following code:
def gunzip(string) sio = StringIO.new(string) gz = Zlib::GzipReader.new(sio, encoding: Encoding::ASCII_8BIT) gz.read ensure gz&.close end
See also Zlib.gzip
Return true if the named file exists.
file_name can be an IO object.
“file exists” means that stat() or fstat() system call is successful.
Returns true if the named file is writable by the effective user and group id of this process. See eaccess(3).
Note that some OS-level security features may cause this to return true even though the file is not writable by the effective user/group.
Returns true if filepath points to a pipe, false otherwise:
File.mkfifo('tmp/fifo') File.pipe?('tmp/fifo') # => true File.pipe?('t.txt') # => false
Returns true if the named file has the sticky bit set.
file_name can be an IO object.
Initiates garbage collection, even if manually disabled.
The full_mark keyword argument determines whether or not to perform a major garbage collection cycle. When set to true, a major garbage collection cycle is ran, meaning all objects are marked. When set to false, a minor garbage collection cycle is ran, meaning only young objects are marked.
The immediate_mark keyword argument determines whether or not to perform incremental marking. When set to true, marking is completed during the call to this method. When set to false, marking is performed in steps that is interleaved with future Ruby code execution, so marking might not be completed during this method call. Note that if full_mark is false then marking will always be immediate, regardless of the value of immediate_mark.
The immediate_sweep keyword argument determines whether or not to defer sweeping (using lazy sweep). When set to false, sweeping is performed in steps that is interleaved with future Ruby code execution, so sweeping might not be completed during this method call. When set to true, sweeping is completed during the call to this method.
Note: These keyword arguments are implementation and version dependent. They are not guaranteed to be future-compatible, and may be ignored if the underlying implementation does not support them.
Returns a Hash containing information about the GC.
The contents of the hash are implementation specific and may change in the future without notice.
The hash includes information about internal statistics about GC such as:
The total number of garbage collections ran since application start (count includes both minor and major garbage collections)
The total time spent in garbage collections (in milliseconds)
The total number of :heap_eden_pages + :heap_tomb_pages
The number of pages that can fit into the buffer that holds references to all pages
The total number of pages the application could allocate without additional GC
The total number of slots in all :heap_allocated_pages
The total number of slots which contain live objects
The total number of slots which do not contain live objects
The total number of slots with pending finalizers to be run
The total number of objects marked in the last GC
The total number of pages which contain at least one live slot
The total number of pages which do not contain any live slots
The cumulative number of pages allocated since application start
The cumulative number of pages freed since application start
The cumulative number of objects allocated since application start
The cumulative number of objects freed since application start
Amount of memory allocated on the heap for objects. Decreased by any GC
When :malloc_increase_bytes crosses this limit, GC is triggered
The total number of minor garbage collections run since process start
The total number of major garbage collections run since process start
The total number of compactions run since process start
The total number of times the read barrier was triggered during compaction
The total number of objects compaction has moved
The total number of objects without write barriers
When :remembered_wb_unprotected_objects crosses this limit, major GC is triggered
Number of live, old objects which have survived at least 3 garbage collections
When :old_objects crosses this limit, major GC is triggered
Amount of memory allocated on the heap for objects. Decreased by major GC
When :old_malloc_increase_bytes crosses this limit, major GC is triggered
If the optional argument, hash, is given, it is overwritten and returned. This is intended to avoid probe effect.
This method is only expected to work on CRuby.
Top level install helper method. Allows you to install gems interactively:
% irb >> Gem.install "minitest" Fetching: minitest-5.14.0.gem (100%) => [#<Gem::Specification:0x1013b4528 @name="minitest", ...>]