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instance method

Object#respond_to?

obj.respond_to?(symbol, include_all=false) → true or false

obj.respond_to?(string, include_all=false) → true or false

static VALUE
obj_respond_to(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE obj)
{
    VALUE mid, priv;
    ID id;
    rb_execution_context_t *ec = GET_EC();

    rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "11", &mid, &priv);
    if (!(id = rb_check_id(&mid))) {
        VALUE ret = basic_obj_respond_to_missing(ec, CLASS_OF(obj), obj,
                                                 rb_to_symbol(mid), priv);
        if (UNDEF_P(ret)) ret = Qfalse;
        return ret;
    }
    return  RBOOL(basic_obj_respond_to(ec, obj, id, !RTEST(priv)));
}

Returns true if obj responds to the given method. Private and protected methods are included in the search only if the optional second parameter evaluates to true.

If the method is not implemented, as Process.fork on Windows, File.lchmod on GNU/Linux, etc., false is returned.

If the method is not defined, respond_to_missing? method is called and the result is returned.

When the method name parameter is given as a string, the string is converted to a symbol.

See also #remove_instance_variable #respond_to_missing? #public_send #send also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.1 · 3.0

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