class Integer < Numeric

Subclasses: Bignum, Fixnum

Integer is the basis for the two concrete classes that hold whole numbers, Bignum and Fixnum.

instance methods

chr
int.chr → aString
Returns a string containing the ASCII character represented by the receiver's value.
65.chr "A" ?a.chr "a" 230.chr "\346"
downto
int.downto( anInteger ) {| i | block } → int
Iterates block, passing decreasing values from int down to and including anInteger.
5.downto(1) { |n| print n, ".. " } print " Liftoff!\n"

produces:

5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1.. Liftoff!
integer?
int.integer? → true
Always returns true.
next
int.next → anInteger
Returns the Integer equal to int + 1.
1.next 2 (-1).next 0
step
int.step( endNum, step ) {| i | block } → int
Invokes block with the sequence of numbers starting at int, incremented by step on each call. The loop finishes when the value to be passed to the block is greater than endNum (if step is positive) or less than endNum (if step is negative).
1.step(10, 2) { |i| print i, " " }

produces:

1 3 5 7 9
succ
int.succ → anInteger
Synonym for Integer#next.
times
int.times {| i | block } → int
Iterates block int times, passing in values from zero to int - 1.
5.times do |i| print i, " " end print "\n"

produces:

0 1 2 3 4
upto
int.upto( anInteger ) {| i | block } → int
Iterates block, passing in integer values from int up to and including anInteger.
5.upto(10) { |i| print i, " " }

produces:

5 6 7 8 9 10
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