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Recommended command line options for new rubyists

John Maclean

1/4/2006 7:19:00 PM

Hi guys,

There are loooads of ruby docs out there. There are also some good reference guides under /usr/share/doc/ruby-1.8.3,
/usr/share/doc/ruby-docs-1.8.3 and /usr/share/doc/ruby-libs-1.8.3. What would the more experienced of you recommend for command line options? So far I've been using
ruby -c foo.rb
ruby -W foo.rb
as they are the simplest :) I've not really used irb that much as I haven't seen any advantage in using it.

--
John Maclean - Noob with no shame.
MSc (DIC)
07739 171 531



4 Answers

dblack

1/4/2006 7:26:00 PM

0

John Maclean

1/4/2006 9:09:00 PM

0

I find it strange that ruby -c foo.rb gives "syntax OK" but ruby -w foo.rb shows me all of the syntax errors. In the example below i make a deliberate mistake..

#script

#!/usr/bin/ruby
#Wed Jan 4 06:17:22 GMT 2006
class Menu
def initialize(welcome, stage, usage)
@welcome = print "Welcome to de-blah-de-blah-de-blah\n\n\n"
@usage = usage # we will use this as a user guide
@stage = stage
#`date`
#print "which stage are you at?
#b:- before site work
#d:- during site work
#a:- atfer site work
#q:- quit\!\n"
end
def to_s
"Deskstudy: #@welcome #@usage #@stage"
end
end

#menu = Menu.new("welcome", "usage", "stage")
menu = Menu.new("welcome", "stage")
menu.inspect
puts menu

#errors

menu.rb:21:in `initialize': wrong number of arguments (2 for 3) (ArgumentError)
from menu.rb:21

On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 04:25:54 +0900
dblack@wobblini.net wrote:

> Hi --
>
> On Thu, 5 Jan 2006, John Maclean wrote:
>
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > There are loooads of ruby docs out there. There are also some good
> > reference guides under /usr/share/doc/ruby-1.8.3,
> > /usr/share/doc/ruby-docs-1.8.3 and /usr/share/doc/ruby-libs-1.8.3.
> > What would the more experienced of you recommend for command line
> > options? So far I've been using
> > ruby -c foo.rb
> > ruby -W foo.rb
> > as they are the simplest :) I've not really used irb that much as I
> > haven't seen any advantage in using it.
>
> The ones I use the most are:
>
> ruby -cw
> ruby -v[e]
> ruby -e
> ruby -p[i.bak][ -e]
> ruby -n[i.bak][ -e]
>
>
> David
>


--
John Maclean
MSc (DIC)
07739 171 531



dblack

1/4/2006 9:15:00 PM

0

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason

1/5/2006 5:49:00 PM

0

unknown wrote:
> Hi --
>
> On Thu, 5 Jan 2006, John Maclean wrote:
>
>> I find it strange that ruby -c foo.rb gives "syntax OK" but ruby -w
>> foo.rb shows me all of the syntax errors. In the example below i
>> make a deliberate mistake..
>
> You do, but it's not a syntax error; it's a runtime error. -c doesn't
> run the code, but only checks it for syntax. -w runs the code.

Or to give a simpler testcase:

$ cat div0
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
puts 5/0

$ ruby -c div0
Syntax OK

$ ruby -w div0
div0:2:in `/': divided by 0 (ZeroDivisionError)
from div0:2

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