Mark McGranaghan 8d31ec147c move to vendor
2012-11-17 08:21:42 -08:00

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Ruby

# -*- ruby -*-
# Local variables:
# indent-tabs-mode: nil
# ruby-indent-level: 4
# End:
# @@PLEAC@@_NAME
# @@SKIP@@ Ruby
# @@PLEAC@@_WEB
# @@SKIP@@ http://www.ruby-lang.org
# @@PLEAC@@_1.0
string = '\n' # two characters, \ and an n
string = 'Jon \'Maddog\' Orwant' # literal single quotes
string = "\n" # a "newline" character
string = "Jon \"Maddog\" Orwant" # literal double quotes
string = %q/Jon 'Maddog' Orwant/ # literal single quotes
string = %q[Jon 'Maddog' Orwant] # literal single quotes
string = %q{Jon 'Maddog' Orwant} # literal single quotes
string = %q(Jon 'Maddog' Orwant) # literal single quotes
string = %q<Jon 'Maddog' Orwant> # literal single quotes
a = <<"EOF"
This is a multiline here document
terminated by EOF on a line by itself
EOF
# @@PLEAC@@_1.1
value = string[offset,count]
value = string[offset..-1]
string[offset,count] = newstring
string[offset..-1] = newtail
# in Ruby we can also specify intervals by their two offsets
value = string[offset..offs2]
string[offset..offs2] = newstring
leading, s1, s2, trailing = data.unpack("A5 x3 A8 A8 A*")
fivers = string.unpack("A5" * (string.length/5))
chars = string.unpack("A1" * string.length)
string = "This is what you have"
# +012345678901234567890 Indexing forwards (left to right)
# 109876543210987654321- Indexing backwards (right to left)
# note that 0 means 10 or 20, etc. above
first = string[0, 1] # "T"
start = string[5, 2] # "is"
rest = string[13..-1] # "you have"
last = string[-1, 1] # "e"
end_ = string[-4..-1] # "have"
piece = string[-8, 3] # "you"
string[5, 2] = "wasn't" # change "is" to "wasn't"
string[-12..-1] = "ondrous" # "This wasn't wondrous"
string[0, 1] = "" # delete first character
string[-10..-1] = "" # delete last 10 characters
if string[-10..-1] =~ /pattern/
puts "Pattern matches in last 10 characters"
end
string[0, 5].gsub!(/is/, 'at')
a = "make a hat"
a[0, 1], a[-1, 1] = a[-1, 1], a[0, 1]
a = "To be or not to be"
b = a.unpack("x6 A6")
b, c = a.unpack("x6 A2 X5 A2")
puts "#{b}\n#{c}\n"
def cut2fmt(*args)
template = ''
lastpos = 1
for place in args
template += "A" + (place - lastpos).to_s + " "
lastpos = place
end
template += "A*"
return template
end
fmt = cut2fmt(8, 14, 20, 26, 30)
# @@PLEAC@@_1.2
# careful! "b is true" doesn't mean "b != 0" (0 is true in Ruby)
# thus no problem of "defined" later since only nil is false
# the following sets to `c' if `b' is nil or false
a = b || c
# if you need Perl's behaviour (setting to `c' if `b' is 0) the most
# effective way is to use Numeric#nonzero? (thanks to Dave Thomas!)
a = b.nonzero? || c
# you will still want to use defined? in order to test
# for scope existence of a given object
a = defined?(b) ? b : c
dir = ARGV.shift || "/tmp"
# @@PLEAC@@_1.3
v1, v2 = v2, v1
alpha, beta, production = %w(January March August)
alpha, beta, production = beta, production, alpha
# @@PLEAC@@_1.4
num = char[0]
char = num.chr
# Ruby also supports having a char from character constant
num = ?r
char = sprintf("%c", num)
printf("Number %d is character %c\n", num, num)
ascii = string.unpack("C*")
string = ascii.pack("C*")
hal = "HAL"
ascii = hal.unpack("C*")
# We can't use Array#each since we can't mutate a Fixnum
ascii.collect! { |i|
i + 1 # add one to each ASCII value
}
ibm = ascii.pack("C*")
puts ibm
# @@PLEAC@@_1.5
array = string.split('')
array = string.unpack("C*")
string.scan(/./) { |b|
# do something with b
}
string = "an apple a day"
print "unique chars are: ", string.split('').uniq.sort, "\n"
sum = 0
for ascval in string.unpack("C*") # or use Array#each for a pure OO style :)
sum += ascval
end
puts "sum is #{sum & 0xffffffff}" # since Ruby will go Bignum if necessary
# @@INCLUDE@@ include/ruby/slowcat.rb
# @@PLEAC@@_1.6
revbytes = string.reverse
revwords = string.split(" ").reverse.join(" ")
revwords = string.split(/(\s+)/).reverse.join
# using the fact that IO is Enumerable, you can directly "select" it
long_palindromes = File.open("/usr/share/dict/words").
select { |w| w.chomp!; w.reverse == w && w.length > 5 }
# @@PLEAC@@_1.7
while string.sub!("\t+") { ' ' * ($&.length * 8 - $`.length % 8) }
end
# @@PLEAC@@_1.8
'You owe #{debt} to me'.gsub(/\#{(\w+)}/) { eval($1) }
rows, cols = 24, 80
text = %q(I am #{rows} high and #{cols} long)
text.gsub!(/\#{(\w+)}/) { eval("#{$1}") }
puts text
'I am 17 years old'.gsub(/\d+/) { 2 * $&.to_i }
# @@PLEAC@@_1.9
e = "bo peep".upcase
e.downcase!
e.capitalize!
"thIS is a loNG liNE".gsub!(/\w+/) { $&.capitalize }
# @@PLEAC@@_1.10
"I have #{n+1} guanacos."
print "I have ", n+1, " guanacos."
# @@PLEAC@@_1.11
var = <<'EOF'.gsub(/^\s+/, '')
your text
goes here
EOF
# @@PLEAC@@_1.12
string = "Folding and splicing is the work of an editor,\n"+
"not a mere collection of silicon\n"+
"and\n"+
"mobile electrons!"
def wrap(str, max_size)
all = []
line = ''
for l in str.split
if (line+l).length >= max_size
all.push(line)
line = ''
end
line += line == '' ? l : ' ' + l
end
all.push(line).join("\n")
end
print wrap(string, 20)
#=> Folding and
#=> splicing is the
#=> work of an editor,
#=> not a mere
#=> collection of
#=> silicon and mobile
#=> electrons!
# @@PLEAC@@_1.13
string = %q(Mom said, "Don't do that.")
string.gsub(/['"]/) { '\\'+$& }
string.gsub(/['"]/, '\&\&')
string.gsub(/[^A-Z]/) { '\\'+$& }
"is a test!".gsub(/\W/) { '\\'+$& } # no function like quotemeta?
# @@PLEAC@@_1.14
string.strip!
# @@PLEAC@@_1.15
def parse_csv(text)
new = text.scan(/"([^\"\\]*(?:\\.[^\"\\]*)*)",?|([^,]+),?|,/)
new << nil if text[-1] == ?,
new.flatten.compact
end
line = %q<XYZZY,"","O'Reilly, Inc","Wall, Larry","a \"glug\" bit,",5,"Error, Core Dumped">
fields = parse_csv(line)
fields.each_with_index { |v,i|
print "#{i} : #{v}\n";
}
# @@PLEAC@@_1.16
# Use the soundex.rb Library from Michael Neumann.
# http://www.s-direktnet.de/homepages/neumann/rb_prgs/Soundex.rb
require 'Soundex'
code = Text::Soundex.soundex(string)
codes = Text::Soundex.soundex(array)
# substitution function for getpwent():
# returns an array of user entries,
# each entry contains the username and the full name
def login_names
result = []
File.open("/etc/passwd") { |file|
file.each_line { |line|
next if line.match(/^#/)
cols = line.split(":")
result.push([cols[0], cols[4]])
}
}
result
end
puts "Lookup user: "
user = STDIN.gets
user.chomp!
exit unless user
name_code = Text::Soundex.soundex(user)
splitter = Regexp.new('(\w+)[^,]*\b(\w+)')
for username, fullname in login_names do
firstname, lastname = splitter.match(fullname)[1,2]
if name_code == Text::Soundex.soundex(username)
|| name_code == Text::Soundex.soundex(firstname)
|| name_code == Text::Soundex.soundex(lastname)
then
puts "#{username}: #{firstname} #{lastname}"
end
end
# @@PLEAC@@_1.17
# @@INCLUDE@@ include/ruby/fixstyle.rb
# @@PLEAC@@_1.18
# @@INCLUDE@@ include/ruby/psgrep.rb
# @@PLEAC@@_2.1
# Matz tells that you can use Integer() for strict checked conversion.
Integer("abc")
#=> `Integer': invalid value for Integer: "abc" (ArgumentError)
Integer("567")
#=> 567
# You may use Float() for floating point stuff
Integer("56.7")
#=> `Integer': invalid value for Integer: "56.7" (ArgumentError)
Float("56.7")
#=> 56.7
# You may also use a regexp for that
if string =~ /^[+-]?\d+$/
p 'is an integer'
else
p 'is not'
end
if string =~ /^-?(?:\d+(?:\.\d*)?|\.\d+)$/
p 'is a decimal number'
else
p 'is not'
end
# @@PLEAC@@_2.2
# equal(num1, num2, accuracy) : returns true if num1 and num2 are
# equal to accuracy number of decimal places
def equal(i, j, a)
sprintf("%.#{a}g", i) == sprintf("%.#{a}g", j)
end
wage = 536 # $5.36/hour
week = 40 * wage # $214.40
printf("One week's wage is: \$%.2f\n", week/100.0)
# @@PLEAC@@_2.3
num.round # rounds to integer
a = 0.255
b = sprintf("%.2f", a)
print "Unrounded: #{a}\nRounded: #{b}\n"
printf "Unrounded: #{a}\nRounded: %.2f\n", a
print "number\tint\tfloor\tceil\n"
a = [ 3.3 , 3.5 , 3.7, -3.3 ]
for n in a
printf("% .1f\t% .1f\t% .1f\t% .1f\n", # at least I don't fake my output :)
n, n.to_i, n.floor, n.ceil)
end
# @@PLEAC@@_2.4
def dec2bin(n)
[n].pack("N").unpack("B32")[0].sub(/^0+(?=\d)/, '')
end
def bin2dec(n)
[("0"*32+n.to_s)[-32..-1]].pack("B32").unpack("N")[0]
end
# @@PLEAC@@_2.5
for i in x .. y
# i is set to every integer from x to y, inclusive
end
x.step(y,7) { |i|
# i is set to every integer from x to y, stepsize = 7
}
print "Infancy is: "
(0..2).each { |i|
print i, " "
}
print "\n"
# @@PLEAC@@_2.6
# We can add conversion methods to the Integer class,
# this makes a roman number just a representation for normal numbers.
class Integer
@@romanlist = [["M", 1000],
["CM", 900],
["D", 500],
["CD", 400],
["C", 100],
["XC", 90],
["L", 50],
["XL", 40],
["X", 10],
["IX", 9],
["V", 5],
["IV", 4],
["I", 1]]
def to_roman
remains = self
roman = ""
for sym, num in @@romanlist
while remains >= num
remains -= num
roman << sym
end
end
roman
end
def Integer.from_roman(roman)
ustr = roman.upcase
sum = 0
for entry in @@romanlist
sym, num = entry[0], entry[1]
while sym == ustr[0, sym.length]
sum += num
ustr.slice!(0, sym.length)
end
end
sum
end
end
roman_fifteen = 15.to_roman
puts "Roman for fifteen is #{roman_fifteen}"
i = Integer.from_roman(roman_fifteen)
puts "Converted back, #{roman_fifteen} is #{i}"
# check
for i in (1..3900)
r = i.to_roman
j = Integer.from_roman(r)
if i != j
puts "error: #{i} : #{r} - #{j}"
end
end
# @@PLEAC@@_2.7
random = rand(y-x+1)+x
chars = ["A".."Z","a".."z","0".."9"].collect { |r| r.to_a }.join + %q(!@$%^&*)
password = (1..8).collect { chars[rand(chars.size)] }.pack("C*")
# @@PLEAC@@_2.8
srand # uses a combination of the time, the process id, and a sequence number
srand(val) # for repeatable behaviour
# @@PLEAC@@_2.9
# from the randomr lib:
# http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/randomr/
----> http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/randomr/
require 'random/mersenne_twister'
mers = Random::MersenneTwister.new 123456789
puts mers.rand(0) # 0.550321932544541
puts mers.rand(10) # 2
# using online sources of random data via the realrand package:
# http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/realrand/
# **Note**
# The following online services are used in this package:
# http://www.random.org - source: atmospheric noise
# http://www.fourmilab.ch/hotbits - source: radioactive decay timings
# http://random.hd.org - source: entropy from local and network noise
# Please visit the sites and respect the rules of each service.
require 'random/online'
generator1 = Random::RandomOrg.new
puts generator1.randbyte(5).join(",")
puts generator1.randnum(10, 1, 6).join(",") # Roll dice 10 times.
generator2 = Random::FourmiLab.new
puts generator2.randbyte(5).join(",")
# randnum is not supported.
generator3 = Random::EntropyPool.new
puts generator3.randbyte(5).join(",")
# randnum is not supported.
# @@PLEAC@@_2.10
def gaussian_rand
begin
u1 = 2 * rand() - 1
u2 = 2 * rand() - 1
w = u1*u1 + u2*u2
end while (w >= 1)
w = Math.sqrt((-2*Math.log(w))/w)
[ u2*w, u1*w ]
end
mean = 25
sdev = 2
salary = gaussian_rand[0] * sdev + mean
printf("You have been hired at \$%.2f\n", salary)
# @@PLEAC@@_2.11
def deg2rad(d)
(d/180.0)*Math::PI
end
def rad2deg(r)
(r/Math::PI)*180
end
# @@PLEAC@@_2.12
sin_val = Math.sin(angle)
cos_val = Math.cos(angle)
tan_val = Math.tan(angle)
# AFAIK Ruby's Math module doesn't provide acos/asin
# While we're at it, let's also define missing hyperbolic functions
module Math
def Math.asin(x)
atan2(x, sqrt(1 - x**2))
end
def Math.acos(x)
atan2(sqrt(1 - x**2), x)
end
def Math.atan(x)
atan2(x, 1)
end
def Math.sinh(x)
(exp(x) - exp(-x)) / 2
end
def Math.cosh(x)
(exp(x) + exp(-x)) / 2
end
def Math.tanh(x)
sinh(x) / cosh(x)
end
end
# The support for Complex numbers is not built-in
y = Math.acos(3.7)
#=> in `sqrt': square root for negative number (ArgumentError)
# There is an implementation of Complex numbers in 'complex.rb' in current
# Ruby distro, but it doesn't support atan2 with complex args, so it doesn't
# solve this problem.
# @@PLEAC@@_2.13
log_e = Math.log(val)
log_10 = Math.log10(val)
def log_base(base, val)
Math.log(val)/Math.log(base)
end
answer = log_base(10, 10_000)
puts "log10(10,000) = #{answer}"
# @@PLEAC@@_2.14
require 'matrix.rb'
a = Matrix[[3, 2, 3], [5, 9, 8]]
b = Matrix[[4, 7], [9, 3], [8, 1]]
c = a * b
a.row_size
a.column_size
c.det
a.transpose
# @@PLEAC@@_2.15
require 'complex.rb'
require 'rational.rb'
a = Complex(3, 5) # 3 + 5i
b = Complex(2, -2) # 2 - 2i
puts "c = #{a*b}"
c = a * b
d = 3 + 4*Complex::I
printf "sqrt(#{d}) = %s\n", Math.sqrt(d)
# @@PLEAC@@_2.16
number = hexadecimal.hex
number = octal.oct
print "Gimme a number in decimal, octal, or hex: "
num = gets.chomp
exit unless defined?(num)
num = num.oct if num =~ /^0/ # does both oct and hex
printf "%d %x %o\n", num, num, num
print "Enter file permission in octal: "
permissions = gets.chomp
raise "Exiting ...\n" unless defined?(permissions)
puts "The decimal value is #{permissions.oct}"
# @@PLEAC@@_2.17
def commify(n)
n.to_s =~ /([^\.]*)(\..*)?/
int, dec = $1.reverse, $2 ? $2 : ""
while int.gsub!(/(,|\.|^)(\d{3})(\d)/, '\1\2,\3')
end
int.reverse + dec
end
# @@PLEAC@@_2.18
printf "It took %d hour%s\n", time, time == 1 ? "" : "s"
# dunno if an equivalent to Lingua::EN::Inflect exists...
# @@PLEAC@@_2.19
#-----------------------------
#!/usr/bin/ruby
# bigfact - calculating prime factors
def factorize(orig)
factors = {}
factors.default = 0 # return 0 instead nil if key not found in hash
n = orig
i = 2
sqi = 4 # square of i
while sqi <= n do
while n.modulo(i) == 0 do
n /= i
factors[i] += 1
# puts "Found factor #{i}"
end
# we take advantage of the fact that (i +1)**2 = i**2 + 2*i +1
sqi += 2 * i + 1
i += 1
end
if (n != 1) && (n != orig)
factors[n] += 1
end
factors
end
def printfactorhash(orig, factorcount)
print format("%-10d ", orig)
if factorcount.length == 0
print "PRIME"
else
# sorts after number, because the hash keys are numbers
factorcount.sort.each { |factor,exponent|
print factor
if exponent > 1
print "**", exponent
end
print " "
}
end
puts
end
for arg in ARGV
n = arg.to_i
mfactors = factorize(n)
printfactorhash(n, mfactors)
end
#-----------------------------
# @@PLEAC@@_3.0
puts Time.now
print "Today is day ", Time.now.yday, " of the current year.\n"
print "Today is day ", Time.now.day, " of the current month.\n"
# @@PLEAC@@_3.1
day, month, year = Time.now.day, Time.now.month, Time.now.year
# or
day, month, year = Time.now.to_a[3..5]
tl = Time.now.localtime
printf("The current date is %04d %02d %02d\n", tl.year, tl.month, tl.day)
Time.now.localtime.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
# @@PLEAC@@_3.2
Time.local(year, month, day, hour, minute, second).tv_sec
Time.gm(year, month, day, hour, minute, second).tv_sec
# @@PLEAC@@_3.3
sec, min, hour, day, month, year, wday, yday, isdst, zone = Time.at(epoch_secs).to_a
# @@PLEAC@@_3.4
when_ = now + difference # now -> Time ; difference -> Numeric (delta in seconds)
then_ = now - difference
# @@PLEAC@@_3.5
bree = 361535725
nat = 96201950
difference = bree - nat
puts "There were #{difference} seconds between Nat and Bree"
seconds = difference % 60
difference = (difference - seconds) / 60
minutes = difference % 60
difference = (difference - minutes) / 60
hours = difference % 24
difference = (difference - hours) / 24
days = difference % 7
weeks = (difference - days) / 7
puts "(#{weeks} weeks, #{days} days, #{hours}:#{minutes}:#{seconds})"
# @@PLEAC@@_3.6
monthday, weekday, yearday = date.mday, date.wday, date.yday
# AFAIK the week number is not just a division since week boundaries are on sundays
weeknum = d.strftime("%U").to_i + 1
year = 1981
month = "jun" # or `6' if you want to emulate a broken language
day = 16
t = Time.mktime(year, month, day)
print "#{month}/#{day}/#{year} was a ", t.strftime("%A"), "\n"
# @@PLEAC@@_3.7
yyyy, mm, dd = $1, $2, $3 if "1998-06-25" =~ /(\d+)-(\d+)-(\d+)/
epoch_seconds = Time.mktime(yyyy, mm, dd).tv_sec
# dunno an equivalent to Date::Manip#ParseDate
# @@PLEAC@@_3.8
string = Time.at(epoch_secs)
Time.at(1234567890).gmtime # gives: Fri Feb 13 23:31:30 UTC 2009
time = Time.mktime(1973, "jan", 18, 3, 45, 50)
print "In localtime it gives: ", time.localtime, "\n"
# @@PLEAC@@_3.9
# Ruby provides micro-seconds in Time object
Time.now.usec
# Ruby gives the seconds in floating format when substracting two Time objects
before = Time.now
line = gets
elapsed = Time.now - before
puts "You took #{elapsed} seconds."
# On my Celeron-400 with Linux-2.2.19-14mdk, average for three execs are:
# This Ruby version: average 0.00321 sec
# Cookbook's Perl version: average 0.00981 sec
size = 500
number_of_times = 100
total_time = 0
number_of_times.times {
# populate array
array = []
size.times { array << rand }
# sort it
begin_ = Time.now
array.sort!
time = Time.now - begin_
total_time += time
}
printf "On average, sorting %d random numbers takes %.5f seconds\n",
size, (total_time/Float(number_of_times))
# @@PLEAC@@_3.10
sleep(0.005) # Ruby is definitely not as broken as Perl :)
# (may be interrupted by sending the process a SIGALRM)
# @@PLEAC@@_3.11
#!/usr/bin/ruby -w
# hopdelta - feed mail header, produce lines
# showing delay at each hop.
require 'time'
class MailHopDelta
def initialize(mail)
@head = mail.gsub(/\n\s+/,' ')
@topline = %w-Sender Recipient Time Delta-
@start_from = mail.match(/^From.*\@([^\s>]*)/)[1]
@date = Time.parse(mail.match(/^Date:\s+(.*)/)[1])
end
def out(line)
"%-20.20s %-20.20s %-20.20s %s" % line
end
def hop_date(day)
day.strftime("%I:%M:%S %Y/%m/%d")
end
def puts_hops
puts out(@topline)
puts out(['Start', @start_from, hop_date(@date),''])
@head.split(/\n/).reverse.grep(/^Received:/).each do |hop|
hop.gsub!(/\bon (.*?) (id.*)/,'; \1')
whence = hop.match(/;\s+(.*)$/)[1]
unless whence
warn "Bad received line: #{hop}"
next
end
from = $+ if hop =~ /from\s+(\S+)|\((.*?)\)/
by = $1 if hop =~ /by\s+(\S+\.\S+)/
next unless now = Time.parse(whence).localtime
delta = now - @date
puts out([from, by, hop_date(now), hop_time(delta)])
@date = now
end
end
def hop_time(secs)
sign = secs < 0 ? -1 : 1
days, secs = secs.abs.divmod(60 * 60 * 24)
hours,secs = secs.abs.divmod(60 * 60)
mins, secs = secs.abs.divmod(60)
rtn = "%3ds" % [secs * sign]
rtn << "%3dm" % [mins * sign] if mins != 0
rtn << "%3dh" % [hours * sign] if hours != 0
rtn << "%3dd" % [days * sign] if days != 0
rtn
end
end
$/ = ""
mail = MailHopDelta.new(ARGF.gets).puts_hops
# @@PLEAC@@_4.0
single_level = [ "this", "that", "the", "other" ]
# Ruby directly supports nested arrays
double_level = [ "this", "that", [ "the", "other" ] ]
still_single_level = [ "this", "that", [ "the", "other" ] ].flatten
# @@PLEAC@@_4.1
a = [ "quick", "brown", "fox" ]
a = %w(Why are you teasing me?)
lines = <<"END_OF_HERE_DOC".gsub(/^\s*(.+)/, '\1')
The boy stood on the burning deck,
It was as hot as glass.
END_OF_HERE_DOC
bigarray = IO.readlines("mydatafile").collect { |l| l.chomp }
name = "Gandalf"
banner = %Q(Speak, #{name}, and welcome!)
host_info = `host #{his_host}`
%x(ps #{$$})
banner = 'Costs only $4.95'.split(' ')
rax = %w! ( ) < > { } [ ] !
# @@PLEAC@@_4.2
def commify_series(arr)
return '' if not arr
case arr.size
when 0 then ''
when 1 then arr[0]
when 2 then arr.join(' and ')
else arr[0..-2].join(', ') + ', and ' + arr[-1]
end
end
array = [ "red", "yellow", "green" ]
print "I have ", array, " marbles\n"
# -> I have redyellowgreen marbles
# But unlike Perl:
print "I have #{array} marbles\n"
# -> I have redyellowgreen marbles
# So, needs:
print "I have #{array.join(' ')} marbles\n"
# -> I have red yellow green marbles
#!/usr/bin/ruby
# communify_series - show proper comma insertion in list output
def commify_series(arr)
return '' if not arr
sepchar = arr.find { |p| p =~ /,/ } ? '; ' : ', '
case arr.size
when 0 then ''
when 1 then arr[0]
when 2 then arr.join(' and ')
else arr[0..-2].join(sepchar) + sepchar + 'and ' + arr[-1]
end
end
lists = [
[ 'just one thing' ],
%w(Mutt Jeff),
%w(Peter Paul Mary),
[ 'To our parents', 'Mother Theresa', 'God' ],
[ 'pastrami', 'ham and cheese', 'peanut butter and jelly', 'tuna' ],
[ 'recycle tired, old phrases', 'ponder big, happy thoughts' ],
[ 'recycle tired, old phrases',
'ponder big, happy thoughts',
'sleep and dream peacefully' ],
]
for list in lists do
puts "The list is: #{commify_series(list)}."
end
# @@PLEAC@@_4.3
# (note: AFAIK Ruby doesn't allow gory change of Array length)
# grow the array by assigning nil to past the end of array
ary[new_size-1] = nil
# shrink the array by slicing it down
ary.slice!(new_size..-1)
# init the array with given size
Array.new(number_of_elems)
# assign to an element past the original end enlarges the array
ary[index_new_last_elem] = value
def what_about_that_array(a)
print "The array now has ", a.size, " elements.\n"
# Index of last element is not really interesting in Ruby
print "Element #3 is `#{a[3]}'.\n"
end
people = %w(Crosby Stills Nash Young)
what_about_that_array(people)
# @@PLEAC@@_4.4
# OO style
bad_users.each { |user|
complain(user)
}
# or, functional style
for user in bad_users
complain(user)
end
for var in ENV.keys.sort
puts "#{var}=#{ENV[var]}"
end
for user in all_users
disk_space = get_usage(user)
if (disk_space > MAX_QUOTA)
complain(user)
end
end
for l in IO.popen("who").readlines
print l if l =~ /^gc/
end
# we can mimic the obfuscated Perl way
while fh.gets # $_ is set to the line just read
chomp # $_ has a trailing \n removed, if it had one
split.each { |w| # $_ is split on whitespace
# but $_ is not set to each chunk as in Perl
print w.reverse
}
end
# ...or use a cleaner way
for l in fh.readlines
l.chomp.split.each { |w| print w.reverse }
end
# same drawback as in problem 1.4, we can't mutate a Numeric...
array.collect! { |v| v - 1 }
a = [ .5, 3 ]; b = [ 0, 1 ]
for ary in [ a, b ]
ary.collect! { |v| v * 7 }
end
puts "#{a.join(' ')} #{b.join(' ')}"
# we can mutate Strings, cool; we need a trick for the scalar
for ary in [ [ scalar ], array, hash.values ]
ary.each { |v| v.strip! } # String#strip rules :)
end
# @@PLEAC@@_4.5
# not relevant in Ruby since we have always references
for item in array
# do somethingh with item
end
# @@PLEAC@@_4.6
unique = list.uniq
# generate a list of users logged in, removing duplicates
users = `who`.collect { |l| l =~ /(\w+)/; $1 }.sort.uniq
puts("users logged in: #{commify_series(users)}") # see 4.2 for commify_series
# @@PLEAC@@_4.7
a - b
# [ 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5 ] - [ 1, 2, 4 ] -> [3, 5]
# @@PLEAC@@_4.8
union = a | b
intersection = a & b
difference = a - b
# @@PLEAC@@_4.9
array1.concat(array2)
# if you will assign to another object, better use:
new_ary = array1 + array2
members = [ "Time", "Flies" ]
initiates = [ "An", "Arrow" ]
members += initiates
members = [ "Time", "Flies" ]
initiates = [ "An", "Arrow" ]
members[2,0] = [ "Like", initiates ].flatten
members[0] = "Fruit"
members[3,2] = "A", "Banana"
# @@PLEAC@@_4.10
reversed = ary.reverse
ary.reverse_each { |e|
# do something with e
}
descending = ary.sort.reverse
descending = ary.sort { |a,b| b <=> a }
# @@PLEAC@@_4.11
# remove n elements from front of ary (shift n)
front = ary.slice!(0, n)
# remove n elements from the end of ary (pop n)
end_ = ary.slice!(-n .. -1)
# let's extend the Array class, to make that useful
class Array
def shift2()
slice!(0 .. 1) # more symetric with pop2...
end
def pop2()
slice!(-2 .. -1)
end
end
friends = %w(Peter Paul Mary Jim Tim)
this, that = friends.shift2
beverages = %w(Dew Jolt Cola Sprite Fresca)
pair = beverages.pop2
# @@PLEAC@@_4.12
# use Enumerable#detect (or the synonym Enumerable#find)
highest_eng = employees.detect { |emp| emp.category == 'engineer' }
# @@PLEAC@@_4.13
# use Enumerable#select (or the synonym Enumerable#find_all)
bigs = nums.select { |i| i > 1_000_000 }
pigs = users.keys.select { |k| users[k] > 1e7 }
matching = `who`.select { |u| u =~ /^gnat / }
engineers = employees.select { |e| e.position == 'Engineer' }
secondary_assistance = applicants.select { |a|
a.income >= 26_000 && a.income < 30_000
}
# @@PLEAC@@_4.14
# normally you would have an array of Numeric (Float or
# Fixnum or Bignum), so you would use:
sorted = unsorted.sort
# if you have strings representing Integers or Floats
# you may specify another sort method:
sorted = unsorted.sort { |a,b| a.to_f <=> b.to_f }
# let's use the list of my own PID's
`ps ux`.split("\n")[1..-1].
select { |i| i =~ /^#{ENV['USER']}/ }.
collect { |i| i.split[1] }.
sort { |a,b| a.to_i <=> b.to_i }.each { |i| puts i }
puts "Select a process ID to kill:"
pid = gets.chomp
raise "Exiting ... \n" unless pid && pid =~ /^\d+$/
Process.kill('TERM', pid.to_i)
sleep 2
Process.kill('KILL', pid.to_i)
descending = unsorted.sort { |a,b| b.to_f <=> a.to_f }
# @@PLEAC@@_4.15
ordered = unordered.sort { |a,b| compare(a,b) }
precomputed = unordered.collect { |e| [compute, e] }
ordered_precomputed = precomputed.sort { |a,b| a[0] <=> b[0] }
ordered = ordered_precomputed.collect { |e| e[1] }
ordered = unordered.collect { |e| [compute, e] }.
sort { |a,b| a[0] <=> b[0] }.
collect { |e| e[1] }
for employee in employees.sort { |a,b| a.name <=> b.name }
print employee.name, " earns \$ ", employee.salary, "\n"
end
# Beware! `0' is true in Ruby.
# For chaining comparisons, you may use Numeric#nonzero?, which
# returns num if num is not zero, nil otherwise
sorted = employees.sort { |a,b| (a.name <=> b.name).nonzero? || b.age <=> a.age }
users = []
# getpwent is not wrapped in Ruby... let's fallback
IO.readlines('/etc/passwd').each { |u| users << u.split(':') }
users.sort! { |a,b| a[0] <=> b[0] }
for user in users
puts user[0]
end
sorted = names.sort { |a,b| a[1, 1] <=> b[1, 1] }
sorted = strings.sort { |a,b| a.length <=> b.length }
# let's show only the compact version
ordered = strings.collect { |e| [e.length, e] }.
sort { |a,b| a[0] <=> b[0] }.
collect { |e| e[1] }
ordered = strings.collect { |e| [/\d+/.match(e)[0].to_i, e] }.
sort { |a,b| a[0] <=> b[0] }.
collect { |e| e[1] }
print `cat /etc/passwd`.collect { |e| [e, e.split(':').indexes(3,2,0)].flatten }.
sort { |a,b| (a[1] <=> b[1]).nonzero? || (a[2] <=> b[2]).nonzero? || a[3] <=> b[3] }.
collect { |e| e[0] }
# @@PLEAC@@_4.16
circular.unshift(circular.pop) # the last shall be first
circular.push(circular.shift) # and vice versa
def grab_and_rotate(l)
l.push(ret = l.shift)
ret
end
processes = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
while (1)
process = grab_and_rotate(processes)
puts "Handling process #{process}"
sleep 1
end
# @@PLEAC@@_4.17
def fisher_yates_shuffle(a)
(a.size-1).downto(1) { |i|
j = rand(i+1)
a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i] if i != j
}
end
def naive_shuffle(a)
for i in 0...a.size
j = rand(a.size)
a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i]
end
end