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hi guys !

does ruby have a die method ? or is it there a method that displays a
string before exiting ?
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On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 7:43 AM, Lex Williams <> wrote:
> hi guys !
>
> does ruby have a die method ? or is it there a method that displays a
> string before exiting ?

Kernel#at_exit

You can register handlers that get executed when the program exits.

at_exit {puts "Dying"}
puts "In the program"

You can build your own method to print, such as:

module Kernel
def print_at_exit str
at_exit {print str}
end
end

print_at_exit "goodbye"

Jesus.

From: "Lex Williams" <>
>
> does ruby have a die method ? or is it there a method that displays a
> string before exiting ?

abort "bye..."



Hope this helps,

Bill

Bill Kelly wrote:
> From: "Lex Williams" <>
>>
>> does ruby have a die method ? or is it there a method that displays a
>> string before exiting ?
>
> abort "bye..."
>
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Bill

Thanks Bill , just what I was looking for .
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