method

readline

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

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readline(...) public

Equivalent to Kernel::gets, except readline raises EOFError at end of file.

/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     readline(separator=$/)   => string
 *  
 *  Equivalent to <code>Kernel::gets</code>, except
 *  +readline+ raises +EOFError+ at end of file.
 */

static VALUE
rb_f_readline(argc, argv)
    int argc;
    VALUE *argv;
{
    VALUE line;

    if (!next_argv()) rb_eof_error();
    ARGF_FORWARD(argc, argv);
    line = rb_f_gets(argc, argv);
    if (NIL_P(line)) {
        rb_eof_error();
    }

    return line;
}

readline

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