IO#ungetc

ungetc(integer) → nil

ungetc(string) → nil

VALUE
rb_io_ungetc(VALUE io, VALUE c)
{
    rb_io_t *fptr;
    long len;

    GetOpenFile(io, fptr);
    rb_io_check_char_readable(fptr);
    if (FIXNUM_P(c)) {
        c = rb_enc_uint_chr(FIX2UINT(c), io_read_encoding(fptr));
    }
    else if (RB_BIGNUM_TYPE_P(c)) {
        c = rb_enc_uint_chr(NUM2UINT(c), io_read_encoding(fptr));
    }
    else {
        SafeStringValue(c);
    }
    if (NEED_READCONV(fptr)) {
        SET_BINARY_MODE(fptr);
        len = RSTRING_LEN(c);
#if SIZEOF_LONG > SIZEOF_INT
        if (len > INT_MAX)
            rb_raise(rb_eIOError, "ungetc failed");
#endif
        make_readconv(fptr, (int)len);
        if (fptr->cbuf.capa - fptr->cbuf.len < len)
            rb_raise(rb_eIOError, "ungetc failed");
        if (fptr->cbuf.off < len) {
            MEMMOVE(fptr->cbuf.ptr+fptr->cbuf.capa-fptr->cbuf.len,
                    fptr->cbuf.ptr+fptr->cbuf.off,
                    char, fptr->cbuf.len);
            fptr->cbuf.off = fptr->cbuf.capa-fptr->cbuf.len;
        }
        fptr->cbuf.off -= (int)len;
        fptr->cbuf.len += (int)len;
        MEMMOVE(fptr->cbuf.ptr+fptr->cbuf.off, RSTRING_PTR(c), char, len);
    }
    else {
        NEED_NEWLINE_DECORATOR_ON_READ_CHECK(fptr);
        io_ungetbyte(c, fptr);
    }
    return Qnil;
}

Pushes back (“unshifts”) the given data onto the stream’s buffer, placing the data so that it is next to be read; returns nil. See Character IO.

Note that:

Calling the method has no effect with unbuffered reads (such as IO#sysread).
Calling rewind on the stream discards the pushed-back data.

When argument integer is given, interprets the integer as a character:

Example

File.write('t.tmp', '012')
f = File.open('t.tmp')
f.ungetc(0x41)     # => nil
f.read             # => "A012"
f.rewind
f.ungetc(0x0442)   # => nil
f.getc.ord         # => 1090
f.close

When argument string is given, uses all characters:

Example

File.write('t.tmp', '012')
f = File.open('t.tmp')
f.ungetc('A')      # => nil
f.read      # => "A012"
f.rewind
f.ungetc("\u0442\u0435\u0441\u0442") # => nil
f.getc.ord      # => 1090
f.getc.ord      # => 1077
f.getc.ord      # => 1089
f.getc.ord      # => 1090
f.close

See also #ungetbyte #wait #tty? #wait_priority also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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