Class: File

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• File

Defined in:

lib/melbourne.rb

Class Method Summary

• .to_ast(name, line = 1) ⇒ Object

  Creates an AST for Ruby source code read from a file.

Class Method Details

.to_ast(name, line = 1) ⇒ Object

Creates an AST for Ruby source code read from a file.

Examples:

Converting Ruby code from a file to an AST

File.to_ast('user.rb') # => <AST::Class:0x1017800f8...

Parameters:

• name (String) —

  the name of the file to read the source code from.

• line (Fixnum) (defaults to: 1) —

  the starting line (if it’s not 1 for some reason); defaults to 1

# File 'lib/melbourne.rb', line 40

def self.to_ast(name, line = 1)
  Melbourne::Parser.parse_file(name, line)
end