Class: Ripper
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| Extension / Inclusion / Inheritance Descendants | |
| Subclasses: 
          Ripper::Lexer, Ripper::SexpBuilder, Ripper::SexpBuilderPP
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| Inherits: | Object | 
| Defined in: | ext/ripper/lib/ripper.rb, parse.y, ext/ripper/lib/ripper/core.rb, ext/ripper/lib/ripper/filter.rb, ext/ripper/lib/ripper/lexer.rb, ext/ripper/lib/ripper/sexp.rb | 
Overview
Ripper is a Ruby script parser.
You can get information from the parser with event-based style. Information such as abstract syntax trees or simple lexical analysis of the Ruby program.
Usage
Ripper provides an easy interface for parsing your program into a symbolic expression tree (or S-expression).
Understanding the output of the parser may come as a challenge, it's recommended you use PP to format the output for legibility.
require 'ripper'
require 'pp'
pp Ripper.sexp('def hello(world) "Hello, #{world}!"; end')
  #=> [:program,
       [[:def,
         [:@ident, "hello", [1, 4]],
         [:paren,
          [:params, [[:@ident, "world", [1, 10]]], nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil]],
         [:bodystmt,
          [[:string_literal,
            [:string_content,
             [:@tstring_content, "Hello, ", [1, 18]],
             [:string_embexpr, [[:var_ref, [:@ident, "world", [1, 27]]]]],
             [:@tstring_content, "!", [1, 33]]]]],
          nil,
          nil,
          nil]]]]You can see in the example above, the expression starts with :program.
From here, a method definition at :def, followed by the method's identifier :@ident. After the method's identifier comes the parentheses :paren and the method parameters under :params.
Next is the method body, starting at :bodystmt (stmt meaning statement), which contains the full definition of the method.
In our case, we're simply returning a String, so next we have the :string_literal expression.
Within our :string_literal you'll notice two @tstring_content, this is the literal part for Hello,  and !. Between the two @tstring_content statements is a :string_embexpr, where embexpr is an embedded expression. Our expression consists of a local variable, or var_ref, with the identifier (@ident) of world.
Resources
Requirements
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ruby 1.9 (support CVS HEAD only) 
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bison 1.28 or later (Other yaccs do not work) 
License
Ruby License.
                                              Minero Aoki
                                      aamine@loveruby.netConstant Summary
- 
    EVENTS =
    # File 'ext/ripper/lib/ripper/core.rb', line 29This array contains name of all ripper events. PARSER_EVENTS + SCANNER_EVENTS 
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    PARSER_EVENTS =
    # File 'ext/ripper/lib/ripper/core.rb', line 23This array contains name of parser events. PARSER_EVENT_TABLE.keys 
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    SCANNER_EVENTS =
    # File 'ext/ripper/lib/ripper/core.rb', line 26This array contains name of scanner events. SCANNER_EVENT_TABLE.keys 
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    Version =
    # File 'parse.y', line 11527version of Ripperrb_usascii_str_new2(RIPPER_VERSION) 
Class Method Summary
- .dedent_string(input, width) (also: #dedent_string)
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      .lex(src, filename = '-', lineno = 1)  
    
    Tokenizes the Ruby program and returns an array of an array, which is formatted like [[lineno, column], type, token].
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      .new(src, filename = "(ripper)", lineno = 1)  ⇒ Ripper 
    
    constructor
    Create a new Ripperobject.
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      .parse(src, filename = '(ripper)', lineno = 1)  
    
    Parses the given Ruby program read from src.
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      .sexp(src, filename = '-', lineno = 1)  
    
    - EXPERIMENTAL
- Parses - srcand create S-exp tree.
 
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      .sexp_raw(src, filename = '-', lineno = 1)  
    
    - EXPERIMENTAL
- Parses - srcand create S-exp tree.
 
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      .slice(src, pattern, n = 0)  
    
    - EXPERIMENTAL
- Parses - srcand return a string which was matched to- pattern.
 
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      .tokenize(src, filename = '-', lineno = 1)  
    
    Tokenizes the Ruby program and returns an array of strings. 
Instance Attribute Summary
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      #yydebug  ⇒ Boolean 
    
    rw
    Get yydebug. 
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      #yydebug=(flag)  
    
    rw
    Set yydebug. 
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      #end_seen?  ⇒ Boolean 
    
    readonly
    Return true if parsed source ended by _END_. 
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      #error?  ⇒ Boolean 
    
    readonly
    Return true if parsed source has errors. 
Instance Method Summary
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      #column  ⇒ Integer 
    
    Return column number of current parsing line. 
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      #encoding  ⇒ Encoding 
    
    Return encoding of the source. 
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      #filename  ⇒ String 
    
    Return current parsing filename. 
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      #lineno  ⇒ Integer 
    
    Return line number of current parsing line. 
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      #parse  
    
    Start parsing and returns the value of the root action. 
- #_dispatch_0 private
- #_dispatch_1(a) private
- #_dispatch_2(a, b) private
- #_dispatch_3(a, b, c) private
- #_dispatch_4(a, b, c, d) private
- #_dispatch_5(a, b, c, d, e) private
- #_dispatch_6(a, b, c, d, e, f) private
- #_dispatch_7(a, b, c, d, e, f, g) private
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      #compile_error(msg)  
    
    private
    This method is called when the parser found syntax error. 
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      #dedent_string(input, width)  
    
    private
    Alias for .dedent_string. 
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      #warn(fmt, *args)  
    
    private
    This method is called when weak warning is produced by the parser. 
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      #warning(fmt, *args)  
    
    private
    This method is called when strong warning is produced by the parser. 
Constructor Details
    .new(src, filename = "(ripper)", lineno = 1)  ⇒ Ripper   
Class Method Details
.dedent_string(input, width) Also known as: #dedent_string
.lex(src, filename = '-', lineno = 1)
Tokenizes the Ruby program and returns an array of an array, which is formatted like [[lineno, column], type, token].
require 'ripper'
require 'pp'
pp Ripper.lex("def m(a) nil end")
  #=> [[[1,  0], :on_kw,     "def"],
       [[1,  3], :on_sp,     " "  ],
       [[1,  4], :on_ident,  "m"  ],
       [[1,  5], :on_lparen, "("  ],
       [[1,  6], :on_ident,  "a"  ],
       [[1,  7], :on_rparen, ")"  ],
       [[1,  8], :on_sp,     " "  ],
       [[1,  9], :on_kw,     "nil"],
       [[1, 12], :on_sp,     " "  ],
       [[1, 13], :on_kw,     "end"]].parse(src, filename = '(ripper)', lineno = 1)
Parses the given Ruby program read from src. src must be a String or an IO or a object with a #gets method.
.sexp(src, filename = '-', lineno = 1)
- EXPERIMENTAL
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Parses srcand create S-exp tree. Returns more readable tree rather than .sexp_raw. This method is mainly for developer use.require 'ripper' require 'pp' pp Ripper.sexp("def m(a) nil end") #=> [:program, [[:def, [:@ident, "m", [1, 4]], [:paren, [:params, [[:@ident, "a", [1, 6]]], nil, nil, nil, nil]], [:bodystmt, [[:var_ref, [:@kw, "nil", [1, 9]]]], nil, nil, nil]]]]
.sexp_raw(src, filename = '-', lineno = 1)
- EXPERIMENTAL
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Parses srcand create S-exp tree. This method is mainly for developer use.require 'ripper' require 'pp' pp Ripper.sexp_raw("def m(a) nil end") #=> [:program, [:stmts_add, [:stmts_new], [:def, [:@ident, "m", [1, 4]], [:paren, [:params, [[:@ident, "a", [1, 6]]], nil, nil, nil]], [:bodystmt, [:stmts_add, [:stmts_new], [:var_ref, [:@kw, "nil", [1, 9]]]], nil, nil, nil]]]]
.slice(src, pattern, n = 0)
- EXPERIMENTAL
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Parses srcand return a string which was matched topattern.patternshould be described as Regexp.require 'ripper' p Ripper.slice('def m(a) nil end', 'ident') #=> "m" p Ripper.slice('def m(a) nil end', '[ident lparen rparen]+') #=> "m(a)" p Ripper.slice("<<EOS\nstring\nEOS", 'heredoc_beg nl $(tstring_content*) heredoc_end', 1) #=> "string\n"
# File 'ext/ripper/lib/ripper/lexer.rb', line 120
def Ripper.slice(src, pattern, n = 0) if m = token_match(src, pattern) then m.string(n) else nil end end
.tokenize(src, filename = '-', lineno = 1)
Tokenizes the Ruby program and returns an array of strings.
p Ripper.tokenize("def m(a) nil end")
   # => ["def", " ", "m", "(", "a", ")", " ", "nil", " ", "end"]Instance Attribute Details
    #end_seen?  ⇒ Boolean  (readonly)  
Return true if parsed source ended by _END_.
    #error?  ⇒ Boolean  (readonly)  
Return true if parsed source has errors.
    #yydebug  ⇒ Boolean  (rw)  
Get yydebug.
#yydebug=(flag) (rw)
Set yydebug.
Instance Method Details
#_dispatch_0 (private)
[ GitHub ]# File 'ext/ripper/lib/ripper/core.rb', line 33
def _dispatch_0() nil end
#_dispatch_1(a) (private)
[ GitHub ]# File 'ext/ripper/lib/ripper/core.rb', line 34
def _dispatch_1(a) a end
#_dispatch_2(a, b) (private)
[ GitHub ]# File 'ext/ripper/lib/ripper/core.rb', line 35
def _dispatch_2(a, b) a end
#_dispatch_3(a, b, c) (private)
[ GitHub ]# File 'ext/ripper/lib/ripper/core.rb', line 36
def _dispatch_3(a, b, c) a end
#_dispatch_4(a, b, c, d) (private)
[ GitHub ]# File 'ext/ripper/lib/ripper/core.rb', line 37
def _dispatch_4(a, b, c, d) a end
#_dispatch_5(a, b, c, d, e) (private)
[ GitHub ]# File 'ext/ripper/lib/ripper/core.rb', line 38
def _dispatch_5(a, b, c, d, e) a end
#_dispatch_6(a, b, c, d, e, f) (private)
[ GitHub ]# File 'ext/ripper/lib/ripper/core.rb', line 39
def _dispatch_6(a, b, c, d, e, f) a end
#_dispatch_7(a, b, c, d, e, f, g) (private)
[ GitHub ]# File 'ext/ripper/lib/ripper/core.rb', line 40
def _dispatch_7(a, b, c, d, e, f, g) a end
    #column  ⇒ Integer   
Return column number of current parsing line. This number starts from 0.
#compile_error(msg) (private)
This method is called when the parser found syntax error.
# File 'ext/ripper/lib/ripper/core.rb', line 61
def compile_error(msg) end
#dedent_string(input, width) (private)
Alias for .dedent_string.
    #encoding  ⇒ Encoding   
Return encoding of the source.
    #filename  ⇒ String   
Return current parsing filename.
    #lineno  ⇒ Integer   
Return line number of current parsing line. This number starts from 1.
#parse
Start parsing and returns the value of the root action.
#warn(fmt, *args) (private)
This method is called when weak warning is produced by the parser. fmt and args is printf style.
# File 'ext/ripper/lib/ripper/core.rb', line 52
def warn(fmt, *args) end
#warning(fmt, *args) (private)
This method is called when strong warning is produced by the parser. fmt and args is printf style.
# File 'ext/ripper/lib/ripper/core.rb', line 57
def warning(fmt, *args) end