method
lineno=
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- Class:
IO
lineno=(p1)public
Manually sets the current line number to the given value. $. is updated only on the next read.
f = File.new("testfile") f.gets #=> "This is line one\n" $. #=> 1 f.lineno = 1000 f.lineno #=> 1000 $. # lineno of last read #=> 1 f.gets #=> "This is line two\n" $. # lineno of last read #=> 1001