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module English
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<p>Include the <a href="English.html"><code>English</code></a> library file in a Ruby script, and you can reference the global variables such as <code>$_</code> using less cryptic names, listed below.</p>
<p>Without 'English':</p>
<pre class="ruby"><span class="ruby-identifier">$\</span> = <span class="ruby-string">' -- '</span>
<span class="ruby-string">"waterbuffalo"</span> <span class="ruby-operator">=~</span> <span class="ruby-regexp">/buff/</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">print</span> <span class="ruby-node">$'</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">$$</span>, <span class="ruby-string">"\n"</span>
</pre>
<p>With English:</p>
<pre class="ruby"><span class="ruby-identifier">require</span> <span class="ruby-string">"English"</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">$OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR</span> = <span class="ruby-string">' -- '</span>
<span class="ruby-string">"waterbuffalo"</span> <span class="ruby-operator">=~</span> <span class="ruby-regexp">/buff/</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">print</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">$POSTMATCH</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">$PID</span>, <span class="ruby-string">"\n"</span>
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<p>Below is a full list of descriptive aliases and their associated global variable:</p>
<dl class="rdoc-list note-list"><dt>$ERROR_INFO
<dd>
<p>$!</p>
</dd><dt>$ERROR_POSITION
<dd>
<p>$@</p>
</dd><dt>$FS
<dd>
<p>$;</p>
</dd><dt>$FIELD_SEPARATOR
<dd>
<p>$;</p>
</dd><dt>$OFS
<dd>
<p>$,</p>
</dd><dt>$OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR
<dd>
<p>$,</p>
</dd><dt>$RS
<dd>
<p>$/</p>
</dd><dt>$INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR
<dd>
<p>$/</p>
</dd><dt>$ORS
<dd>
<p>$\</p>
</dd><dt>$OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR
<dd>
<p>$\</p>
</dd><dt>$INPUT_LINE_NUMBER
<dd>
<p>$.</p>
</dd><dt>$NR
<dd>
<p>$.</p>
</dd><dt>$LAST_READ_LINE
<dd>
<p>$_</p>
</dd><dt>$DEFAULT_OUTPUT
<dd>
<p>$></p>
</dd><dt>$DEFAULT_INPUT
<dd>
<p>$<</p>
</dd><dt>$PID
<dd>
<p>$$</p>
</dd><dt>$PROCESS_ID
<dd>
<p>$$</p>
</dd><dt>$CHILD_STATUS
<dd>
<p>$?</p>
</dd><dt>$LAST_MATCH_INFO
<dd>
<p>$~</p>
</dd><dt>$IGNORECASE
<dd>
<p>$=</p>
</dd><dt>$ARGV
<dd>
<p>$*</p>
</dd><dt>$MATCH
<dd>
<p>$&</p>
</dd><dt>$PREMATCH
<dd>
<p>$`</p>
</dd><dt>$POSTMATCH
<dd>
<p>$'</p>
</dd><dt>$LAST_PAREN_MATCH
<dd>
<p>$+</p>
</dd></dl>
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