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--- !ruby/object:RI::MethodDescription 
aliases: []

block_params: 
comment: 
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
  body: "Seeks to a given offset <em>anInteger</em> in the stream according to the value of <em>whence</em>:"
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::VERB 
  body: "  IO::SEEK_CUR  | Seeks to <em>amount</em> plus current position\n  --------------+----------------------------------------------------\n  IO::SEEK_END  | Seeks to <em>amount</em> plus end of stream (you probably\n                | want a negative value for <em>amount</em>)\n  --------------+----------------------------------------------------\n  IO::SEEK_SET  | Seeks to the absolute location given by <em>amount</em>\n"
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
  body: "Example:"
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::VERB 
  body: "   f = File.new(&quot;testfile&quot;)\n   f.seek(-13, IO::SEEK_END)   #=&gt; 0\n   f.readline                  #=&gt; &quot;And so on...\\n&quot;\n"
full_name: IO#seek
is_singleton: false
name: seek
params: |
  ios.seek(amount, whence=SEEK_SET) -> 0

visibility: public