Comments on: Useless Ruby Tricks: DATA and END

By: computertricks

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…

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