class IRB::OutputMethod

An abstract output class for IO in irb. This is mainly used internally by IRB::Notifier. You can define your own output method to use with Irb.new, or Context.new

Public Instance Methods

parse_printf_format (format, opts)

Returns an array of the given format and opts to be used by Kernel#sprintf, if there was a successful Regexp match in the given format from printf

%
<flag>  [#0- +]
<minimum field width> (\*|\*[1-9][0-9]*\$|[1-9][0-9]*)
<precision>.(\*|\*[1-9][0-9]*\$|[1-9][0-9]*|)?
#<length modifier>(hh|h|l|ll|L|q|j|z|t)
<conversion specifier>[diouxXeEfgGcsb%]

# File lib/irb/output-method.rb, line 42
def parse_printf_format(format, opts)
  return format, opts if $1.size % 2 == 1
end

pp (*objs)

Prints the given objs calling Object#inspect on each.

See puts for more detail.

# File lib/irb/output-method.rb, line 58
def pp(*objs)
  puts(*objs.collect{|obj| obj.inspect})
end

ppx (prefix, *objs)

Prints the given objs calling Object#inspect on each and appending the given prefix.

See puts for more detail.

# File lib/irb/output-method.rb, line 66
def ppx(prefix, *objs)
  puts(*objs.collect{|obj| prefix+obj.inspect})
end

print (*opts)

Open this method to implement your own output method, raises a NotImplementedError if you don’t define print in your own class.

# File lib/irb/output-method.rb, line 14
def print(*opts)
  raise NotImplementedError
end

printf (format, *opts)

Extends IO#printf to format the given opts for Kernel#sprintf using parse_printf_format

# File lib/irb/output-method.rb, line 25
def printf(format, *opts)
  if /(%*)%I/ =~ format
    format, opts = parse_printf_format(format, opts)
  end
  print sprintf(format, *opts)
end

printn (*opts)

Prints the given opts, with a newline delimiter.

# File lib/irb/output-method.rb, line 19
def printn(*opts)
  print opts.join(" "), "\n"
end

puts (*objs)

Calls print on each element in the given objs, followed by a newline character.

# File lib/irb/output-method.rb, line 48
def puts(*objs)
  for obj in objs
    print(*obj)
    print "\n"
  end
end