Method: IO#write

Defined in:
io.c

#write(*objects) ⇒ Integer

Writes each of the given objects to self, which must be opened for writing (see Access Modes); returns the total number bytes written; each of objects that is not a string is converted via method to_s:

$stdout.write('Hello', ', ', 'World!', "\n") # => 14
$stdout.write('foo', :bar, 2, "\n")          # => 8

Output:

Hello, World!
foobar2

Related: IO#read.

Returns:



2289
2290
2291
2292
2293
2294
2295
2296
2297
2298
2299
 
# File 'io.c', line 2289

static VALUE
io_write_m(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE io)
{
    if (argc != 1) {
        return io_writev(argc, argv, io);
    }
    else {
        VALUE str = argv[0];
        return io_write(io, str, 0);
    }
}