str.inspect â string Instance Public methods Returns a printable version of str, surrounded by quote marks, with special characters escaped. str = "hello" str[3] = "\b" str.inspect #=> "\"hel\\bo\""

required_uri() Class Public methods

new(varname, val=nil) Class Public methods

move(xamount, yamount) Instance Public methods

ios.putc(obj) â obj Instance Public methods If obj is Numeric, write the character whose code is the least-significant byte of obj, otherwise write the first byte of the string representation of obj to ios. Note: This method is not safe for use with multi-byte characters as it will truncate them. $stdout.putc "A" $stdout.putc 65 produces: AA

to_s() Instance Public methods Overrides Object#to_s

Digest::Class.digest(string, *parameters) â hash_string Class Public methods Returns the hash value of a given string. This is equivalent to Digest::Instance#new.digest(string), where extra parameters, if any, are passed through to the constructor and the string is passed to digest().

each(rs = nil) Instance Public methods

avail_in() Instance Public methods Returns bytes of data in the input buffer. Normally, returns 0.

new(period=60) Class Public methods Creates a new TupleSpace. period is used to control how often to look for dead tuples after modifications to the TupleSpace. If no dead tuples are found period seconds after the last modification, the TupleSpace will stop looking for dead tuples.