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| 1 | +== Argument Converters |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +An option can specify that its argument is to be converted |
| 4 | +from the default \String to an instance of another class. |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +=== Contents |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +- {Built-In Argument Converters}[#label-Built-In+Argument+Converters] |
| 9 | + - {Date}[#label-Date] |
| 10 | + - {DateTime}[#label-DateTime] |
| 11 | + - {Time}[#label-Time] |
| 12 | + - {URI}[#label-URI] |
| 13 | + - {Shellwords}[#label-Shellwords] |
| 14 | + - {Integer}[#label-Integer] |
| 15 | + - {Float}[#label-Float] |
| 16 | + - {Numeric}[#label-Numeric] |
| 17 | + - {DecimalInteger}[#label-DecimalInteger] |
| 18 | + - {OctalInteger}[#label-OctalInteger] |
| 19 | + - {DecimalNumeric}[#label-DecimalNumeric] |
| 20 | + - {TrueClass}[#label-TrueClass] |
| 21 | + - {FalseClass}[#label-FalseClass] |
| 22 | + - {Object}[#label-Object] |
| 23 | + - {String}[#label-String] |
| 24 | + - {Array}[#label-Array] |
| 25 | + - {Regexp}[#label-Regexp] |
| 26 | +- {Custom Argument Converters}[#label-Custom+Argument+Converters] |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +=== Built-In Argument Converters |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +\OptionParser has a number of built-in argument converters, |
| 31 | +which are demonstrated below. |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +==== \Date |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +File +date.rb+ |
| 36 | +defines an option whose argument is to be converted to a \Date object. |
| 37 | +The argument is converted by method Date#parse. |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | + :include: ruby/date.rb |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +Executions: |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | + $ ruby date.rb --date 2001-02-03 |
| 44 | + [#<Date: 2001-02-03 ((2451944j,0s,0n),+0s,2299161j)>, Date] |
| 45 | + $ ruby date.rb --date 20010203 |
| 46 | + [#<Date: 2001-02-03 ((2451944j,0s,0n),+0s,2299161j)>, Date] |
| 47 | + $ ruby date.rb --date "3rd Feb 2001" |
| 48 | + [#<Date: 2001-02-03 ((2451944j,0s,0n),+0s,2299161j)>, Date] |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +==== \DateTime |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +File +datetime.rb+ |
| 53 | +defines an option whose argument is to be converted to a \DateTime object. |
| 54 | +The argument is converted by method DateTime#parse. |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | + :include: ruby/datetime.rb |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +Executions: |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | + $ ruby datetime.rb --datetime 2001-02-03T04:05:06+07:00 |
| 61 | + [#<DateTime: 2001-02-03T04:05:06+07:00 ((2451943j,75906s,0n),+25200s,2299161j)>, DateTime] |
| 62 | + $ ruby datetime.rb --datetime 20010203T040506+0700 |
| 63 | + [#<DateTime: 2001-02-03T04:05:06+07:00 ((2451943j,75906s,0n),+25200s,2299161j)>, DateTime] |
| 64 | + $ ruby datetime.rb --datetime "3rd Feb 2001 04:05:06 PM" |
| 65 | + [#<DateTime: 2001-02-03T16:05:06+00:00 ((2451944j,57906s,0n),+0s,2299161j)>, DateTime] |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +==== \Time |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +File +time.rb+ |
| 70 | +defines an option whose argument is to be converted to a \Time object. |
| 71 | +The argument is converted by method Time#httpdate or Time#parse. |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | + :include: ruby/time.rb |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +Executions: |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | + $ ruby time.rb --time "Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:26:12 GMT" |
| 78 | + [2011-10-06 02:26:12 UTC, Time] |
| 79 | + $ ruby time.rb --time 2010-10-31 |
| 80 | + [2010-10-31 00:00:00 -0500, Time] |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +==== \URI |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +File +uri.rb+ |
| 85 | +defines an option whose argument is to be converted to a \URI object. |
| 86 | +The argument is converted by method URI#parse. |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | + :include: ruby/uri.rb |
| 89 | + |
| 90 | +Executions: |
| 91 | + |
| 92 | + $ ruby uri.rb --uri https://github.com |
| 93 | + [#<URI::HTTPS https://github.com>, URI::HTTPS] |
| 94 | + $ ruby uri.rb --uri http://github.com |
| 95 | + [#<URI::HTTP http://github.com>, URI::HTTP] |
| 96 | + $ ruby uri.rb --uri file://~/var |
| 97 | + [#<URI::File file://~/var>, URI::File] |
| 98 | + |
| 99 | +==== \Shellwords |
| 100 | + |
| 101 | +File +shellwords.rb+ |
| 102 | +defines an option whose argument is to be converted to an \Array object by method |
| 103 | +Shellwords#shellwords. |
| 104 | + |
| 105 | + :include: ruby/shellwords.rb |
| 106 | + |
| 107 | +Executions: |
| 108 | + |
| 109 | + $ ruby shellwords.rb --shellwords "ruby my_prog.rb | less" |
| 110 | + [["ruby", "my_prog.rb", "|", "less"], Array] |
| 111 | + $ ruby shellwords.rb --shellwords "here are 'two words'" |
| 112 | + [["here", "are", "two words"], Array] |
| 113 | + |
| 114 | +==== \Integer |
| 115 | + |
| 116 | +File +integer.rb+ |
| 117 | +defines an option whose argument is to be converted to an \Integer object. |
| 118 | +The argument is converted by method Kernel#Integer. |
| 119 | + |
| 120 | + :include: ruby/integer.rb |
| 121 | + |
| 122 | +Executions: |
| 123 | + |
| 124 | + $ ruby integer.rb --integer 100 |
| 125 | + [100, Integer] |
| 126 | + $ ruby integer.rb --integer -100 |
| 127 | + [-100, Integer] |
| 128 | + $ ruby integer.rb --integer 0100 |
| 129 | + [64, Integer] |
| 130 | + $ ruby integer.rb --integer 0x100 |
| 131 | + [256, Integer] |
| 132 | + $ ruby integer.rb --integer 0b100 |
| 133 | + [4, Integer] |
| 134 | + |
| 135 | +==== \Float |
| 136 | + |
| 137 | +File +float.rb+ |
| 138 | +defines an option whose argument is to be converted to a \Float object. |
| 139 | +The argument is converted by method Kernel#Float. |
| 140 | + |
| 141 | + :include: ruby/float.rb |
| 142 | + |
| 143 | +Executions: |
| 144 | + |
| 145 | + $ ruby float.rb --float 1 |
| 146 | + [1.0, Float] |
| 147 | + $ ruby float.rb --float 3.14159 |
| 148 | + [3.14159, Float] |
| 149 | + $ ruby float.rb --float 1.234E2 |
| 150 | + [123.4, Float] |
| 151 | + $ ruby float.rb --float 1.234E-2 |
| 152 | + [0.01234, Float] |
| 153 | + |
| 154 | +==== \Numeric |
| 155 | + |
| 156 | +File +numeric.rb+ |
| 157 | +defines an option whose argument is to be converted to an instance |
| 158 | +of \Rational, \Float, or \Integer. |
| 159 | +The argument is converted by method Kernel#Rational, |
| 160 | +Kernel#Float, or Kernel#Integer. |
| 161 | + |
| 162 | + :include: ruby/numeric.rb |
| 163 | + |
| 164 | +Executions: |
| 165 | + |
| 166 | + $ ruby numeric.rb --numeric 1/3 |
| 167 | + [(1/3), Rational] |
| 168 | + $ ruby numeric.rb --numeric 3.333E-1 |
| 169 | + [0.3333, Float] |
| 170 | + $ ruby numeric.rb --numeric 3 |
| 171 | + [3, Integer] |
| 172 | + |
| 173 | +==== \DecimalInteger |
| 174 | + |
| 175 | +File +decimal_integer.rb+ |
| 176 | +defines an option whose argument is to be converted to an \Integer object. |
| 177 | +The argument is converted by method Kernel#Integer. |
| 178 | + |
| 179 | + :include: ruby/decimal_integer.rb |
| 180 | + |
| 181 | +The argument may not be in a binary or hexadecimal format; |
| 182 | +a leading zero is ignored (not parsed as octal). |
| 183 | + |
| 184 | +Executions: |
| 185 | + |
| 186 | + $ ruby decimal_integer.rb --decimal_integer 100 |
| 187 | + [100, Integer] |
| 188 | + $ ruby decimal_integer.rb --decimal_integer -100 |
| 189 | + [-100, Integer] |
| 190 | + $ ruby decimal_integer.rb --decimal_integer 0100 |
| 191 | + [100, Integer] |
| 192 | + $ ruby decimal_integer.rb --decimal_integer -0100 |
| 193 | + [-100, Integer] |
| 194 | + |
| 195 | +==== \OctalInteger |
| 196 | + |
| 197 | +File +octal_integer.rb+ |
| 198 | +defines an option whose argument is to be converted to an \Integer object. |
| 199 | +The argument is converted by method Kernel#Integer. |
| 200 | + |
| 201 | + :include: ruby/octal_integer.rb |
| 202 | + |
| 203 | +The argument may not be in a binary or hexadecimal format; |
| 204 | +it is parsed as octal, regardless of whether it has a leading zero. |
| 205 | + |
| 206 | +Executions: |
| 207 | + |
| 208 | + $ ruby octal_integer.rb --octal_integer 100 |
| 209 | + [64, Integer] |
| 210 | + $ ruby octal_integer.rb --octal_integer -100 |
| 211 | + [-64, Integer] |
| 212 | + $ ruby octal_integer.rb --octal_integer 0100 |
| 213 | + [64, Integer] |
| 214 | + |
| 215 | +==== \DecimalNumeric |
| 216 | + |
| 217 | +File +decimal_numeric.rb+ |
| 218 | +defines an option whose argument is to be converted to an \Integer object. |
| 219 | +The argument is converted by method {Kernel#Integer |
| 220 | + |
| 221 | + :include: ruby/decimal_numeric.rb |
| 222 | + |
| 223 | +The argument may not be in a binary or hexadecimal format; |
| 224 | +a leading zero causes the argument to be parsed as octal. |
| 225 | + |
| 226 | +Executions: |
| 227 | + |
| 228 | + $ ruby decimal_numeric.rb --decimal_numeric 100 |
| 229 | + [100, Integer] |
| 230 | + $ ruby decimal_numeric.rb --decimal_numeric -100 |
| 231 | + [-100, Integer] |
| 232 | + $ ruby decimal_numeric.rb --decimal_numeric 0100 |
| 233 | + [64, Integer] |
| 234 | + |
| 235 | +==== \TrueClass |
| 236 | + |
| 237 | +File +true_class.rb+ |
| 238 | +defines an option whose argument is to be converted to +true+ or +false+. |
| 239 | +The argument is evaluated by method Object#nil?. |
| 240 | + |
| 241 | + :include: ruby/true_class.rb |
| 242 | + |
| 243 | +The argument may be any of those shown in the examples below. |
| 244 | + |
| 245 | +Executions: |
| 246 | + |
| 247 | + $ ruby true_class.rb --true_class true |
| 248 | + [true, TrueClass] |
| 249 | + $ ruby true_class.rb --true_class yes |
| 250 | + [true, TrueClass] |
| 251 | + $ ruby true_class.rb --true_class + |
| 252 | + [true, TrueClass] |
| 253 | + $ ruby true_class.rb --true_class false |
| 254 | + [false, FalseClass] |
| 255 | + $ ruby true_class.rb --true_class no |
| 256 | + [false, FalseClass] |
| 257 | + $ ruby true_class.rb --true_class - |
| 258 | + [false, FalseClass] |
| 259 | + $ ruby true_class.rb --true_class nil |
| 260 | + [false, FalseClass] |
| 261 | + |
| 262 | +==== \FalseClass |
| 263 | + |
| 264 | +File +false_class.rb+ |
| 265 | +defines an option whose argument is to be converted to +true+ or +false+. |
| 266 | +The argument is evaluated by method Object#nil?. |
| 267 | + |
| 268 | + :include: ruby/false_class.rb |
| 269 | + |
| 270 | +The argument may be any of those shown in the examples below. |
| 271 | + |
| 272 | +Executions: |
| 273 | + |
| 274 | + $ ruby false_class.rb --false_class false |
| 275 | + [false, FalseClass] |
| 276 | + $ ruby false_class.rb --false_class no |
| 277 | + [false, FalseClass] |
| 278 | + $ ruby false_class.rb --false_class - |
| 279 | + [false, FalseClass] |
| 280 | + $ ruby false_class.rb --false_class nil |
| 281 | + [false, FalseClass] |
| 282 | + $ ruby false_class.rb --false_class true |
| 283 | + [true, TrueClass] |
| 284 | + $ ruby false_class.rb --false_class yes |
| 285 | + [true, TrueClass] |
| 286 | + $ ruby false_class.rb --false_class + |
| 287 | + [true, TrueClass] |
| 288 | + |
| 289 | +==== \Object |
| 290 | + |
| 291 | +File +object.rb+ |
| 292 | +defines an option whose argument is not to be converted from \String. |
| 293 | + |
| 294 | + :include: ruby/object.rb |
| 295 | + |
| 296 | +Executions: |
| 297 | + |
| 298 | + $ ruby object.rb --object foo |
| 299 | + ["foo", String] |
| 300 | + $ ruby object.rb --object nil |
| 301 | + ["nil", String] |
| 302 | + |
| 303 | +==== \String |
| 304 | + |
| 305 | +File +string.rb+ |
| 306 | +defines an option whose argument is not to be converted from \String. |
| 307 | + |
| 308 | + :include: ruby/string.rb |
| 309 | + |
| 310 | +Executions: |
| 311 | + |
| 312 | + $ ruby string.rb --string foo |
| 313 | + ["foo", String] |
| 314 | + $ ruby string.rb --string nil |
| 315 | + ["nil", String] |
| 316 | + |
| 317 | +==== \Array |
| 318 | + |
| 319 | +File +array.rb+ |
| 320 | +defines an option whose argument is to be converted from \String |
| 321 | +to an array of strings, based on comma-separated substrings. |
| 322 | + |
| 323 | + :include: ruby/array.rb |
| 324 | + |
| 325 | +Executions: |
| 326 | + |
| 327 | + $ ruby array.rb --array "" |
| 328 | + [[], Array] |
| 329 | + $ ruby array.rb --array foo,bar,baz |
| 330 | + [["foo", "bar", "baz"], Array] |
| 331 | + $ ruby array.rb --array "foo, bar, baz" |
| 332 | + [["foo", " bar", " baz"], Array] |
| 333 | + |
| 334 | +==== \Regexp |
| 335 | + |
| 336 | +File +regexp.rb+ |
| 337 | +defines an option whose argument is to be converted to a \Regexp object. |
| 338 | + |
| 339 | + :include: ruby/regexp.rb |
| 340 | + |
| 341 | +Executions: |
| 342 | + |
| 343 | + $ ruby regexp.rb --regexp foo |
| 344 | + |
| 345 | +=== Custom Argument Converters |
| 346 | + |
| 347 | +You can create custom argument converters. |
| 348 | +To create a custom converter, call OptionParser#accept with a class argument, |
| 349 | +along with a block that converts the argument and returns the converted value. |
| 350 | + |
| 351 | + :include: ruby/custom_converter.rb |
| 352 | + |
| 353 | +Executions: |
| 354 | + |
| 355 | + $ ruby custom_converter.rb --complex 0 |
| 356 | + [(0+0i), Complex] |
| 357 | + $ ruby custom_converter.rb --complex 1 |
| 358 | + [(1+0i), Complex] |
| 359 | + $ ruby custom_converter.rb --complex 1+2i |
| 360 | + [(1+2i), Complex] |
| 361 | + $ ruby custom_converter.rb --complex 0.3-0.5i |
| 362 | + [(0.3-0.5i), Complex] |
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