Comments on: Useless Ruby Tricks: DATA and END

By: Marnen Laibow-Koser

Marnen Laibow-Koser — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:35:55 +0000

Cool trick! For that, though, you might as well just use File.read(__FILE__), no?

Testing for Ruby DATA object | — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:33:57 +0000

[...] Ruby’s DATA object makes it possible to do neat little tricks like storing templates and datafiles within the script that uses it. [...]

Truques de Ruby: DATA e __END__ « Tino Gomes — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 05:52:38 +0000

[...] Neste post de onde peguei o exemplo acima, apresenta outro uso com sinatra. [...]

Recuperar Archivos Formateados — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:21:53 +0000

Gracias por los comentarios. Muy buen sitio, suerte!

Jeff W — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:20:14 +0000

Awesome! I had no idea about these features, but I can already think of uses for them.

computertricks — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 10:50:01 +0000

… This really is just what I have been browsing for. Exactly how long did it take to write this? Thanks a bucket load for this superb knowledge.

Riccardo — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:47:42 +0000

About DATA… I just discovered that it is just a File associated with the current script opened for reading and “seeked” after __END__. Try this:

puts DATA.path

DATA.seek(0, 0)
puts DATA.read

and you’ll have your script printed…

Clone TinyURL in 40 lines of Ruby code « saush — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:17:05 +0000

[...] used a Sinatra trick that allows me to embed the template within the same source code itself. While normally I would [...]

malev's blog » Sinatra en un solo archivo — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:29:27 +0000