method
write
ruby latest stable - Class:
IO
write(*args)public
Writes the given strings to ios. The stream must be opened for writing. Arguments that are not a string will be converted to a string using to_s. Returns the number of bytes written in total.
count = $stdout.write ("This is", " a test\n") puts "That was #{count} bytes of data"
produces:
This is a test That was 15 bytes of data
static VALUE
io_write_m(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE io)
{
if (argc > 1) {
return io_writev(argc, argv, io);
}
else {
VALUE str = argv[0];
return io_write(io, str, 0);
}
}