Method: Net::LDAP::Filter.eq

Defined in:

lib/net/ldap/filter.rb

.eq(attribute, value) ⇒ Object

#eq creates a filter object indicating that the value of a paticular attribute must be either present or must match a particular string.

To specify that an attribute is "present" means that only directory entries which contain a value for the particular attribute will be selected by the filter. This is useful in case of optional attributes such as mail. Presence is indicated by giving the value "" in the second parameter to #eq. This example selects only entries that have one or more values for sAMAccountName: f = Net::LDAP::Filter.eq( "sAMAccountName", "" )

To match a particular range of values, pass a string as the second parameter to #eq. The string may contain one or more "*" characters as wildcards: these match zero or more occurrences of any character. Full regular-expressions are not supported due to limitations in the underlying LDAP protocol. This example selects any entry with a mail value containing the substring "anderson": f = Net::LDAP::Filter.eq( "mail", "anderson" )

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# File 'lib/net/ldap/filter.rb', line 81

def Filter::eq attribute, value; Filter.new :eq, attribute, value; end