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authorBurdette Lamar <BurdetteLamar@Yahoo.com>2022-03-18 17:17:00 -0500
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2022-03-18 17:17:00 -0500
commitd52f41b765b5992ee562cda6bd32fdd8f54b0091 (patch)
tree027933fa886c64d9efc6006cc9f3221d0390a3d5 /doc
parent97426e15d721119738a548ecfa7232b1d027cd34 (diff)
[DOC] Enhanced RDoc for String (#5675)
Treats: #split #each_line #lines #each_byte #bytes
Notes
Notes: Merged-By: BurdetteLamar <BurdetteLamar@Yahoo.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/string.rdoc129
1 files changed, 116 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/doc/string.rdoc b/doc/string.rdoc
index 6c3ced298a..a4423c9d9b 100644
--- a/doc/string.rdoc
+++ b/doc/string.rdoc
@@ -49,24 +49,127 @@ class String
end
# call-seq:
- # split(separator = $;, limit = nil) -> array
- # split(separator = $;, limit = nil) {|substring| ... } -> self
+ # bytes -> array_of_bytes
+ #
+ # Returns an array of the bytes in +self+:
+ #
+ # 'hello'.bytes # => [104, 101, 108, 108, 111]
+ # 'тест'.bytes # => [209, 130, 208, 181, 209, 129, 209, 130]
+ # 'こんにちは'.bytes
+ # # => [227, 129, 147, 227, 130, 147, 227, 129, 171, 227, 129, 161, 227, 129, 175]
+ #
+ def bytes; end
+
+ # call-seq:
+ # each_byte {|byte| ... } -> self
+ # each_byte -> enumerator
+ #
+ # Calls the given block with each successive byte from +self+;
+ # returns +self+:
+ #
+ # 'hello'.each_byte {|byte| print byte, ' ' }
+ # print "\n"
+ # 'тест'.each_byte {|byte| print byte, ' ' }
+ # print "\n"
+ # 'こんにちは'.each_byte {|byte| print byte, ' ' }
+ # print "\n"
+ #
+ # Output:
+ #
+ # 104 101 108 108 111
+ # 209 130 208 181 209 129 209 130
+ # 227 129 147 227 130 147 227 129 171 227 129 161 227 129 175
+ #
+ # Returns an enumerator if no block is given.
+ def each_byte; end
+
+
+ # call-seq:
+ # each_line(line_sep = $/, chomp: false) {|substring| ... } -> self
+ # each_line(line_sep = $/, chomp: false) -> enumerator
+ #
+ # With a block given, forms the substrings ("lines")
+ # that are the result of splitting +self+
+ # at each occurrence of the given line separator +line_sep+;
+ # passes each line to the block;
+ # returns +self+:
+ #
+ # s = <<~EOT
+ # This is the first line.
+ # This is line two.
+ #
+ # This is line four.
+ # This is line five.
+ # EOT
+ #
+ # s.each_line {|line| p line }
+ #
+ # Output:
+ #
+ # "This is the first line.\n"
+ # "This is line two.\n"
+ # "\n"
+ # "This is line four.\n"
+ # "This is line five.\n"
+ #
+ # With a different +line_sep+:
+ #
+ # s.each_line(' is ') {|line| p line }
+ #
+ # Output:
+ #
+ # "This is "
+ # "the first line.\nThis is "
+ # "line two.\n\nThis is "
+ # "line four.\nThis is "
+ # "line five.\n"
+ #
+ # With +chomp+ as +true+, removes the trailing +line_sep+ from each line:
+ #
+ # s.each_line(chomp: true) {|line| p line }
+ #
+ # Output:
+ #
+ # "This is the first line."
+ # "This is line two."
+ # ""
+ # "This is line four."
+ # "This is line five."
+ #
+ # With an empty string as +line_sep+,
+ # forms and passes "paragraphs" by splitting at each occurrence
+ # of two or more newlines:
+ #
+ # s.each_line('') {|line| p line }
+ #
+ # Output:
+ #
+ # "This is the first line.\nThis is line two.\n\n"
+ # "This is line four.\nThis is line five.\n"
+ #
+ # With no block given, returns an enumerator.
+ #
+ def each_line; end
+
+ # call-seq:
+ # split(field_sep = $;, limit = nil) -> array
+ # split(field_sep = $;, limit = nil) {|substring| ... } -> self
#
# Returns an array of substrings of +self+
# that are the result of splitting +self+
- # at each occurrence of the given +separator+.
+ # at each occurrence of the given field separator +field_sep+.
#
- # When argument +separator+ is <tt>$;</tt>:
+ # When +field_sep+ is <tt>$;</tt>:
#
# - If <tt>$;</tt> is +nil+ (its default value),
- # the split occurs just as if +separator+ were given as a space character
+ # the split occurs just as if +field_sep+ were given as a space character
# (see below).
#
# - If <tt>$;</tt> is a string,
- # the split ocurs just as if +separator+ were given as that string
+ # the split ocurs just as if +field_sep+ were given as that string
# (see below).
#
- # When argument +separator+ is <tt>' '</tt> and argument +limit+ is +nil+,
+ # When +field_sep+ is <tt>' '</tt> and +limit+ is +nil+,
# the split occurs at each sequence of whitespace:
#
# 'abc def ghi'.split(' ') # => ["abc", "def", "ghi"]
@@ -74,9 +177,9 @@ class String
# 'abc def ghi'.split(' ') # => ["abc", "def", "ghi"]
# ''.split(' ') # => []
#
- # When argument +separator+ is a string different from <tt>' '</tt>
- # and argument +limit+ is +nil+,
- # the split occurs at each occurrence of the separator;
+ # When +field_sep+ is a string different from <tt>' '</tt>
+ # and +limit+ is +nil+,
+ # the split occurs at each occurrence of +field_sep+;
# trailing empty substrings are not returned:
#
# 'abracadabra'.split('ab') # => ["", "racad", "ra"]
@@ -87,7 +190,7 @@ class String
# 'тест'.split('т') # => ["", "ес"]
# 'こんにちは'.split('に') # => ["こん", "ちは"]
#
- # When argument +separator+ is a Regexp and argument +limit+ is +nil+,
+ # When +field_sep+ is a Regexp and +limit+ is +nil+,
# the split occurs at each occurrence of a match;
# trailing empty substrings are not returned:
#
@@ -101,7 +204,7 @@ class String
#
# '1:2:3'.split(/(:)()()/, 2) # => ["1", ":", "", "", "2:3"]
#
- # As seen above, if argument +limit+ is +nil+,
+ # As seen above, if +limit+ is +nil+,
# trailing empty substrings are not returned;
# the same is true if +limit+ is zero:
#
@@ -118,7 +221,7 @@ class String
# 'aaabcdaaa'.split('a', 7) # => ["", "", "", "bcd", "", "", ""]
# 'aaabcdaaa'.split('a', 8) # => ["", "", "", "bcd", "", "", ""]
#
- # Note that if +separator+ is a \Regexp containing groups,
+ # Note that if +field_sep+ is a \Regexp containing groups,
# their matches are in the returned array, but do not count toward the limit.
#
# If +limit+ is negative, it behaves the same as if +limit+ was +nil+,