Index[SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z] m (multiline) modifiers, regex M17N (multilingualization) Madeleine, object prevalence magazines (online), Ruby mailing lists, Ruby main method, main references in threads makedirs method, chaining directories mapfile.cnf configuration file mark-and-sweep garbage collection Marshall module 2nd _clone method, deep copying _dump method customized marshalling simple marshalling _dup method, deep copying _load method, customized marshalling marshalling complex customizing deep copying via simple YAML MatchData object Math modules, namespace management Math.sqrt (square root function) mathematical sets advanced operations creating enumerables, converting to simple operations mathn library prime factorization prime numbers matrices 2nd mbchar? convenience method, I18N MD5 hashes, calculating in strings mean (data sets) median (data sets) memorizing memory leaks reading files into menus, creating in FXRuby Ruby/GTK2 message catalogs environment variables extracting messages gettext library mo-files po-files RubyGems text domains updating messages uses of messages (FXRuby), connecting applications to environment metadata, defining Metal.current_temp method method calls iterators nonexistent methods Method objects method_added methods 2nd method_missing method 2nd methods abort, interrupting transactions accessor_string, defining class-level helper functions acstime, formatting date/time values add, mathematical add_bool_config add_path_config alias_method 2nd aliases, creating alive?, threads allocate, unintialized objects append_features 2nd arguments as operators atime, file time stamps attr, creating instance attributes basename, file pathnames binmode, binary files blksize, file sizes blockdev? blocks file sizes passing to calculate callcc caller, determining callers in call stacks calls delegating forwarding parentheses ( () ) capitalize, String class casecmp, String class cattr_reader cattr_writer center, formatting strings chained calls chardev? children chmod, file permissions chomp, strings chop, strings chr, iterating files chroot, changing root directories class methods class objects creating declaring file ownership privatizing class_variables, obtaining class variables lists classes associating with tracking additions to classify, mathematical sets clone calculating MD5 hashes in strings copying objects close, temporary files coerce column_size, matrices commit, interrupting transactions compare config_key const_get const_missing constants, obtaining defined constants lists controlling access of copy count, strings covector crc32, strings crypt, string encryption ctime file time stamps formatting date/time values curr_objdir curr_srcdir current, finding thread identities Date.leap? deep_copy def_delegator, method calls define_method, adding methods to classes/objects defining DelegateClass delete files removing specific characters from strings roots deq, threads detect_hardware dev, accessing lower-level file information digest, calculating MD5 hashes in strings Dir.chdir, file directories Dir.entries, getting lists of directory entries Dir.getwd, file directories Dir.pwd, file directories dirname, file pathnames divide, mathematical sets downcase, String class dump, printing special characters in strings dup, copying objects each directories, iterating over iterating files empty?, threads enq, threads eql?, testing object equality equal?, testing object equality exec, PostgreSQL execute_query exist?, checking file existence exit, threads extend 2nd extend_object Fahrenheit and Celsius temperature conversion sample program fcntl fileno Float, converting strings to numbers flock, locking files foreach, iterating over directories fork, creating threads ftype, distinguishing between files/directories get_config_key getmyvar getter, creating instance attributes global, aliases gregorian_leap? gsub, string substitutions hashes, passing to hexdigest, calculating MD5 hashes in strings hoo_method ictl include? searching strings include_modules, obtaining class modules lists index, searching strings inherited initialize 2nd initialize_copy inner_product ino, finding inode numbers insert, binary trees inspect, converting objects to printable represenations install instance executable_real? gid grpowned? modes modules MysqlField object MysqlRes object owned? pound signs (#) readable_real? stat to_a uid wday writable_real? zero? instance_methods instance_of? Integer, converting strings to numbers integrate intersection, mathematical sets IO files, reading into memory iterating files IO.popen, pipes opening reading writing is_a? join file pathnames main threads waiting on other threads julian_leap? Kernel loops Object superclass Kernel#trace_var key?, accessing thread variables keywords as method names kill, threads kind_of? length, strings link list adding threads to thread groups listing threads ljust, formatting strings load lstrip, strings main, main thread references makedirs, chaining directories md5, calculating MD5 hashes in strings Metal.current_temp method_added method_missing missing mktime module Module#ancestors, obtaining class ancestors lists modules, tracking additions to move mtime, file time stamps myvar= nesting, obtaining module lists new calculating MD5 hashes in strings opening/closing files temporary files threads, creating updating files num_waiting, threads Object#method_missing, nonexistent methods in method calls ObjectSpace.each_object, object tracking offset open appending files opening/closing files temporary files overriding 2nd pack binary files encoding/decoding base64 strings parent? parentheses ( () ) pass, threads path, file pathnames percent sign (%) base number conversions String class PGconn class PGlarge class PGresult class pipe Play polar class pop, threads prime_division printf, base number conversions private 2nd private class methods lists, obtaining private_class_method private_instance_methods private_methods protected 2nd protected_instance_methods protected_methods public 2nd public class methods lists, obtaining public_instance_methods punctation push, threads putc, single character outputs puts, string conversions query, PostgreSQL raise, threads rdev, accessing file device information readpartial Regexp.compile Regexp.escape Regexp.last_match Regexp.last_math, string substitutions remove_const remove_method, deleting definitions rename require respond_to 2nd returns, omitting reverse, strings rewind, random access to files rindex (right index), searching strings rjust, formatting strings rm_r, deleting directories recursively rmtree, deleting directories recursively root? rot13, encoding/decoding in strings row_size, matrices rstrip, strings run, awakening threads safe_level, threads safe_unlink, files scan matching regex matching strings searching strings scanf, converting strings to numbers seek, random access to files select set_config_key set_trace_func, monitoring program execution setmyvar setter 2nd shift, threads similar?, calculating Levenshtein distance between strings singleton_method_added singleton_methods singletons 2nd size?, checking file size sort_by source, strings as files special characters in, I18N split Fahrenheit and Celsius temperature conversion sample program file pathnames tokenizing strings sprintf base number conversions formatting strings squeeze, removing duplicate characters from strings srcfiles stacked calls start, threads status, threads stop, threads stop?, threads strftime days of the week, determining formatting date/time values printing hours/minutes/seconds time zones, converting week of the year, finding strip, strings sub, string substitutions succ, generating successive strings swapcase, String class symlink? sync, buffering/unbuffering I/O syscall ThreadGroup.net, creating thread groups Time.at, converting epochs Time.gm Time.local, validating time Time.utc to-int, implicit numeric conversion to_ary to_f converting strings to numbers Fahrenheit and Celsius temperature conversion sample program to_hash to_i, converting strings to numbers to_s base number conversions formatting date/time values string conversions to_set, converting enumerables to mathematical sets to_str 2nd truncate tty?, testing for terminal associations type umask undef_method, deleting definitions underscores (_) _clone, deep copying _dump _dup, deep copying _load, customized marshalling ungetc, buffering/unbuffering I/O union, mathematical sets unpack, binary files update, calculating MD5 hashes in strings upto, generating successive strings utime, file time stamps value, threads variable names versus wakeup, awakening threads zero, matrices zero?, checking file size Zlib, compressing methods MI (multiple inheritance) 2nd microseconds, epochs Microsoft Windows one-click installers scripting in ActiveScriptRuby Win32API Win32OLE MIME, encoding/decoding attachments minutes printing seconds, converting to missing methods mixins defining Monitor, threads mktime method mo-files mock objects (Ruby on Rails) mod_ruby modal dialogs, creating in FXRuby mode (data sets) mode method, file modes mode strings, opening/closing files modifiers, regex Module classes 2nd module methods Module#ancestors instance method, obtaining clas ancestors lists modules append_features method class modules, obtaining lists of classes, including in constant values, retrieving defining functions, appending instance methods 2nd lists of, obtaining Math, namespace management methods, tracking additions mixing into objects mixins nesting nesting method objects, mixing into ObjectSpace ParseDate modulus operators Mongrel Monitor mixins, threads months days in, determining Nth weekday in, finding weeks, dividing into move method mtime method, file time stamps multiline modifiers (/m) 2nd multilingualization [See M17N (multilingualization).] multimodal data sets multiplication operator (n), strings multiruby tool (ZenTest tools) multiway branches mutable objects mutexes (mutual exclusions) MVC (Model-View-Conroller) design pattern Nitro MySQL, interfacing to MysqlField object, instance methods of MysqlRes object, instance methods of myvar+ method |