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diff --git a/doc/optparse/argument_converters.rdoc b/doc/optparse/argument_converters.rdoc index fc5a0152a3..4b4b30e8de 100644 --- a/doc/optparse/argument_converters.rdoc +++ b/doc/optparse/argument_converters.rdoc @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ == Argument Converters An option can specify that its argument is to be converted -from the default \String to an instance of another class. +from the default +String+ to an instance of another class. === Contents @@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ from the default \String to an instance of another class. === Built-In Argument Converters -\OptionParser has a number of built-in argument converters, ++OptionParser+ has a number of built-in argument converters, which are demonstrated below. -==== \Date +==== +Date+ File +date.rb+ -defines an option whose argument is to be converted to a \Date object. +defines an option whose argument is to be converted to a +Date+ object. The argument is converted by method Date#parse. :include: ruby/date.rb @@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ Executions: $ ruby date.rb --date "3rd Feb 2001" [#<Date: 2001-02-03 ((2451944j,0s,0n),+0s,2299161j)>, Date] -==== \DateTime +==== +DateTime+ File +datetime.rb+ -defines an option whose argument is to be converted to a \DateTime object. +defines an option whose argument is to be converted to a +DateTime+ object. The argument is converted by method DateTime#parse. :include: ruby/datetime.rb @@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ Executions: $ ruby datetime.rb --datetime "3rd Feb 2001 04:05:06 PM" [#<DateTime: 2001-02-03T16:05:06+00:00 ((2451944j,57906s,0n),+0s,2299161j)>, DateTime] -==== \Time +==== +Time+ File +time.rb+ -defines an option whose argument is to be converted to a \Time object. +defines an option whose argument is to be converted to a +Time+ object. The argument is converted by method Time#httpdate or Time#parse. :include: ruby/time.rb @@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ Executions: $ ruby time.rb --time 2010-10-31 [2010-10-31 00:00:00 -0500, Time] -==== \URI +==== +URI+ File +uri.rb+ -defines an option whose argument is to be converted to a \URI object. +defines an option whose argument is to be converted to a +URI+ object. The argument is converted by method URI#parse. :include: ruby/uri.rb @@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ Executions: $ ruby uri.rb --uri file://~/var [#<URI::File file://~/var>, URI::File] -==== \Shellwords +==== +Shellwords+ File +shellwords.rb+ -defines an option whose argument is to be converted to an \Array object by method +defines an option whose argument is to be converted to an +Array+ object by method Shellwords#shellwords. :include: ruby/shellwords.rb @@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ Executions: $ ruby shellwords.rb --shellwords "here are 'two words'" [["here", "are", "two words"], Array] -==== \Integer +==== +Integer+ File +integer.rb+ -defines an option whose argument is to be converted to an \Integer object. +defines an option whose argument is to be converted to an +Integer+ object. The argument is converted by method Kernel#Integer. :include: ruby/integer.rb @@ -132,10 +132,10 @@ Executions: $ ruby integer.rb --integer 0b100 [4, Integer] -==== \Float +==== +Float+ File +float.rb+ -defines an option whose argument is to be converted to a \Float object. +defines an option whose argument is to be converted to a +Float+ object. The argument is converted by method Kernel#Float. :include: ruby/float.rb @@ -151,11 +151,11 @@ Executions: $ ruby float.rb --float 1.234E-2 [0.01234, Float] -==== \Numeric +==== +Numeric+ File +numeric.rb+ defines an option whose argument is to be converted to an instance -of \Rational, \Float, or \Integer. +of +Rational+, +Float+, or +Integer+. The argument is converted by method Kernel#Rational, Kernel#Float, or Kernel#Integer. @@ -170,10 +170,10 @@ Executions: $ ruby numeric.rb --numeric 3 [3, Integer] -==== \DecimalInteger +==== +DecimalInteger+ File +decimal_integer.rb+ -defines an option whose argument is to be converted to an \Integer object. +defines an option whose argument is to be converted to an +Integer+ object. The argument is converted by method Kernel#Integer. :include: ruby/decimal_integer.rb @@ -192,10 +192,10 @@ Executions: $ ruby decimal_integer.rb --decimal_integer -0100 [-100, Integer] -==== \OctalInteger +==== +OctalInteger+ File +octal_integer.rb+ -defines an option whose argument is to be converted to an \Integer object. +defines an option whose argument is to be converted to an +Integer+ object. The argument is converted by method Kernel#Integer. :include: ruby/octal_integer.rb @@ -212,11 +212,11 @@ Executions: $ ruby octal_integer.rb --octal_integer 0100 [64, Integer] -==== \DecimalNumeric +==== +DecimalNumeric+ File +decimal_numeric.rb+ -defines an option whose argument is to be converted to an \Integer object. -The argument is converted by method {Kernel#Integer +defines an option whose argument is to be converted to an +Integer+ object. +The argument is converted by method Kernel#Integer :include: ruby/decimal_numeric.rb @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ Executions: $ ruby decimal_numeric.rb --decimal_numeric 0100 [64, Integer] -==== \TrueClass +==== +TrueClass+ File +true_class.rb+ defines an option whose argument is to be converted to +true+ or +false+. @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ Executions: $ ruby true_class.rb --true_class nil [false, FalseClass] -==== \FalseClass +==== +FalseClass+ File +false_class.rb+ defines an option whose argument is to be converted to +true+ or +false+. @@ -286,10 +286,10 @@ Executions: $ ruby false_class.rb --false_class + [true, TrueClass] -==== \Object +==== +Object+ File +object.rb+ -defines an option whose argument is not to be converted from \String. +defines an option whose argument is not to be converted from +String+. :include: ruby/object.rb @@ -300,10 +300,10 @@ Executions: $ ruby object.rb --object nil ["nil", String] -==== \String +==== +String+ File +string.rb+ -defines an option whose argument is not to be converted from \String. +defines an option whose argument is not to be converted from +String+. :include: ruby/string.rb @@ -314,10 +314,10 @@ Executions: $ ruby string.rb --string nil ["nil", String] -==== \Array +==== +Array+ File +array.rb+ -defines an option whose argument is to be converted from \String +defines an option whose argument is to be converted from +String+ to an array of strings, based on comma-separated substrings. :include: ruby/array.rb @@ -331,10 +331,10 @@ Executions: $ ruby array.rb --array "foo, bar, baz" [["foo", " bar", " baz"], Array] -==== \Regexp +==== +Regexp+ File +regexp.rb+ -defines an option whose argument is to be converted to a \Regexp object. +defines an option whose argument is to be converted to a +Regexp+ object. :include: ruby/regexp.rb @@ -345,8 +345,14 @@ Executions: === Custom Argument Converters You can create custom argument converters. -To create a custom converter, call OptionParser#accept with a class argument, -along with a block that converts the argument and returns the converted value. +To create a custom converter, call OptionParser#accept with: + +- An identifier, which may be any object. +- An optional match pattern, which defaults to <tt>/.*/m</tt>. +- A block that accepts the argument and returns the converted value. + +This custom converter accepts any argument and converts it, +if possible, to a +Complex+ object. :include: ruby/custom_converter.rb @@ -360,3 +366,15 @@ Executions: [(1+2i), Complex] $ ruby custom_converter.rb --complex 0.3-0.5i [(0.3-0.5i), Complex] + +This custom converter accepts any 1-word argument +and capitalizes it, if possible. + + :include: ruby/match_converter.rb + +Executions: + + $ ruby match_converter.rb --capitalize foo + ["Foo", String] + $ ruby match_converter.rb --capitalize "foo bar" + match_converter.rb:9:in `<main>': invalid argument: --capitalize foo bar (OptionParser::InvalidArgument) |