From: Meino Christian Cramer <Meino.Cramer@...>
Date: 2005-06-26T17:11:49+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyNuby Q: Howto Ri

From: Devin Mullins <twifkak@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: RubyNuby Q: Howto Ri
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 16:49:56 +0900

Oh yeah! :O) Thanks a lot! That clearifies my Sunday! :)))

Have a nice and ruby day!
Meino

> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> 
>