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instance method

ARGF#eof?

ARGF.eof? → true or false

Alias of #eof

Returns true if the current file in ARGF is at end of file, i.e. it has no data to read. The stream must be opened for reading or an IOError will be raised.

$ echo "eof" | ruby argf.rb

ARGF.eof?                 #=> false
3.times { ARGF.readchar }
ARGF.eof?                 #=> false
ARGF.readchar             #=> "\n"
ARGF.eof?                 #=> true
See also #eof #external_encoding #each_line #file also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0