method

caller

Ruby latest stable (v1_8_7_72) - 0 notes - Class: Kernel

caller(...) public

Returns the current execution stack—an array containing strings in the form ``file:line’‘ or ``file:line: in `method’’’. The optional start parameter determines the number of initial stack entries to omit from the result.

   def a(skip)
     caller(skip)
   end
   def b(skip)
     a(skip)
   end
   def c(skip)
     b(skip)
   end
   c(0)   #=> ["prog:2:in `a'", "prog:5:in `b'", "prog:8:in `c'", "prog:10"]
   c(1)   #=> ["prog:5:in `b'", "prog:8:in `c'", "prog:11"]
   c(2)   #=> ["prog:8:in `c'", "prog:12"]
   c(3)   #=> ["prog:13"]

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/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     caller(start=1)    => array
 *  
 *  Returns the current execution stack---an array containing strings in
 *  the form ``<em>file:line</em>'' or ``<em>file:line: in
 *  `method'</em>''. The optional _start_ parameter
 *  determines the number of initial stack entries to omit from the
 *  result.
 *     
 *     def a(skip)
 *       caller(skip)
 *     end
 *     def b(skip)
 *       a(skip)
 *     end
 *     def c(skip)
 *       b(skip)
 *     end
 *     c(0)   #=> ["prog:2:in `a'", "prog:5:in `b'", "prog:8:in `c'", "prog:10"]
 *     c(1)   #=> ["prog:5:in `b'", "prog:8:in `c'", "prog:11"]
 *     c(2)   #=> ["prog:8:in `c'", "prog:12"]
 *     c(3)   #=> ["prog:13"]
 */

static VALUE
rb_f_caller(argc, argv)
    int argc;
    VALUE *argv;
{
    VALUE level;
    int lev;

    rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &level);

    if (NIL_P(level)) lev = 1;
    else lev = NUM2INT(level);
    if (lev < 0) rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "negative level (%d)", lev);

    return backtrace(lev);
}

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