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README for expect
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by A. Ito, 28 October, 1998
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Expect library adds IO class a method called expect(), which
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does similar act to tcl's expect extension.
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The usage of the method is:
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IO#expect(pattern,timeout=9999999)
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where `pattern' is an instance of String or Regexp and `timeout'
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is Fixnum, which can be omitted.
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When the method is called without block, it waits until the
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input which matches the pattern is obtained from the IO or the time
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specified as the timeout passes. When the pattern is obtained from the
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IO, the method returns an array. The first element of the array is the
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entire string obtained from the IO until the pattern matches. The
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following elements indicates the specific pattern which matched to the
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anchor in the regular expression. If the method ends because of
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timeout, it returns nil.
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When the method is called with block, the array is passed as
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the block parameter.
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