From: Devin Mullins <twifkak@...>
Date: 2005-06-26T16:49:56+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyNuby Q: Howto Ri

In this case, you'd have to dig a little further. The first line says 
Integer < Numeric, so you have to look at its base class, Numeric. 
You'll find step in there.

Also, you can just type `ri step`. You'll get the following returned:
More than one method matched your request. You can refine
your search by asking for information on one of:

     Date#step, Numeric#step, Range#step

You can then `ri Numeric#step` to find out the details.

HTH,
Devin
(see?)

Meino Christian Cramer wrote:

>Hi,
>
> Suppose I want to get an info from ri about Integers.
>
> In a code I found
>
>	17.step(self,2)
>
> and I would like to ask ri about this construct.
>
> I typed
>
>   ri Integer
>
> and got
>
>    ----------------------------------------------- Class: Integer < Numeric
>         +Integer+ is the basis for the two concrete classes that hold whole
>         numbers, +Bignum+ and +Fixnum+.
>    
>    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>    
>    
>    Includes:
>    ---------
>         Precision(prec, prec_f, prec_i)
>    
>    
>    Class methods:
>    --------------
>         induced_from
>    
>    
>    Instance methods:
>    -----------------
>         ceil, chr, downto, floor, integer?, next, round, succ, times, to_i,
>         to_int, truncate, upto
>
>
> there is nothing mentioned about "step"...so I did something wrong
> here.
>
> So...what should I feed into ri to get an appropiate answer.
> ("step" is only an example...)
>
> Have a nice and ruby day!
> Meino
>
>
>
>  
>