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capture

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capture(stream) public

Captures the given stream and returns it:

stream = capture(:stdout) { puts "Cool" }
stream # => "Cool\n"

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# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/kernel/reporting.rb, line 68
  def capture(stream)
    begin
      stream = stream.to_s
      eval "$#{stream} = StringIO.new"
      yield
      result = eval("$#{stream}").string
    ensure
      eval("$#{stream} = #{stream.upcase}")
    end

    result
  end

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