class IO
Public Instance Methods
The expect
library adds instance method IO#expect
, which is similar to the TCL expect extension.
To use this method, you must require expect
:
require 'expect'
Reads from the IO
until the given pattern
matches or the timeout
is over.
It returns an array with the read buffer, followed by the matches. If a block is given, the result is yielded to the block and returns nil.
When called without a block, it waits until the input that matches the given pattern
is obtained from the IO
or the time specified as the timeout passes. An array is returned when the pattern is obtained from the IO
. The first element of the array is the entire string obtained from the IO
until the pattern matches, followed by elements indicating which the pattern which matched to the anchor in the regular expression.
The optional timeout parameter defines, in seconds, the total time to wait for the pattern. If the timeout expires or eof is found, nil is returned or yielded. However, the buffer in a timeout session is kept for the next expect call. The default timeout is 9999999 seconds.
# File pty/lib/expect.rb, line 33 def expect(pat,timeout=9999999) buf = ''.dup case pat when String e_pat = Regexp.new(Regexp.quote(pat)) when Regexp e_pat = pat else raise TypeError, "unsupported pattern class: #{pat.class}" end @unusedBuf ||= '' while true if not @unusedBuf.empty? c = @unusedBuf.slice!(0) elsif !IO.select([self],nil,nil,timeout) or eof? then result = nil @unusedBuf = buf break else c = getc end buf << c if $expect_verbose STDOUT.print c STDOUT.flush end if mat=e_pat.match(buf) then result = [buf,*mat.captures] break end end if block_given? then yield result else return result end nil end