Ruby through code samples
- Hello World
- Keywords
- Comments
- Variables
- Constants
- Basic Literals (TODO)
- Backslash Notations (TODO)
- Array (TODO)
- Hash (TODO)
- Ranges (TODO)
- Class
- Operators (TODO)
- Conditional Structures (TODO)
- Loops (TODO)
- Methods (TODO)
- Blocks (TODO)
- Modules (TODO)
- Exceptions (TODO)
puts 'Hello World!'
__ENCODING__ #The script encoding of the current file
__LINE__ #The line number of this keyword in the current file
def #Defines a method
defined? #Returns a string describing its argument
do #Starts a block
__FILE__ #The path to the current file
BEGIN #Runs before any other code in the current file
END #Runs after any other code in the current file
alias #Creates an alias between two methods (and other things)
and #Short-circuit Boolean and with lower precedence than &&
begin #Starts an exception handling block
break #Leaves a block early
case #Starts a case expression
class #Creates or opens a class
def #Defines a method
defined? #Returns a string describing its argument
do #Starts a block
else #The unhandled condition in case, if and unless expressions
elsif #An alternate condition for an if expression
end #The end of a syntax block.
ensure #Starts a section of code that is always run when an exception is raised
false #Boolean false
for #A loop that is similar to using the each method
if #Used for if and modifier if expressions
in #Used to separate the iterable object and iterator variable in a for loop
module #Creates or opens a module
next #Skips the rest of the block
nil #A false value usually indicating “no value” or “unknown”
not #Inverts the following boolean expression. Has a lower precedence than !
or #Boolean or with lower precedence than ||
redo #Restarts execution in the current block
rescue #Starts an exception section of code in a begin block
retry #Retries an exception block
return #Exits a method
self #The object the current method is attached to
super #Calls the current method in a superclass
then #Indicates the end of conditional blocks in control structures
true #Boolean true
undef #Prevents a class or module from responding to a method call
unless #Used for unless and modifier unless expressions
until #Creates a loop that executes until the condition is true
when #A condition in a case expression
while #Creates a loop that executes while the condition is true
yield #Starts execution of the block sent to the current method
#This is a single line comment
=begin
This is a multiline comment
This is a multiline comment
=end
_age = 21 #local variable
age = 21 #local variable
@age = 21 #instance variable
@@age = 21 #class variable
$age = 21 #global variable
AGE = 21 #constant
class Customer
end