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An abstract output class for IO in irb. This is mainly used internally by IRB::Notifier. You can define your own output method to use with Irb.new, or Context.new
Returns an array of the given format and opts to be used by Kernel#sprintf, if there was a successful Regexp match in the given format from printf
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               # File ruby-3.1.2/lib/irb/output-method.rb, line 54
def parse_printf_format(format, opts)
  return format, opts if $1.size % 2 == 1
end
             
            Prints the given objs calling Object#inspect on each.
See puts for more detail.
 
               # File ruby-3.1.2/lib/irb/output-method.rb, line 70
def pp(*objs)
  puts(*objs.collect{|obj| obj.inspect})
end
             
            Prints the given objs calling Object#inspect on each and appending the given prefix.
See puts for more detail.
 
               # File ruby-3.1.2/lib/irb/output-method.rb, line 78
def ppx(prefix, *objs)
  puts(*objs.collect{|obj| prefix+obj.inspect})
end
             
            Open this method to implement your own output method, raises a NotImplementedError if you don't define print in your own class.
 
               # File ruby-3.1.2/lib/irb/output-method.rb, line 26
def print(*opts)
  raise NotImplementedError, "print"
end
             
            Extends IO#printf to format the given opts for Kernel#sprintf using parse_printf_format
 
               # File ruby-3.1.2/lib/irb/output-method.rb, line 37
def printf(format, *opts)
  if /(%*)%I/ =~ format
    format, opts = parse_printf_format(format, opts)
  end
  print sprintf(format, *opts)
end
             
            Prints the given opts, with a newline delimiter.
 
               # File ruby-3.1.2/lib/irb/output-method.rb, line 31
def printn(*opts)
  print opts.join(" "), "\n"
end
             
            Calls print on each element in the given objs, followed by a newline character.
 
               # File ruby-3.1.2/lib/irb/output-method.rb, line 60
def puts(*objs)
  for obj in objs
    print(*obj)
    print "\n"
  end
end