101 Ruby Code Factoids
0) ‘methods’ method
Since almost everything in Ruby is an Object you can type dot methods on it to see what methods are available.
4.methods - Object.methods
# => [:-@, :+, :-, :*, :/, :div, :%, :modulo, :divmod, :fdiv, :**, :abs, :magnitude, :~, :&, :|, :^, :[], :<<, :>>, :to_f, :size, :bit_length, :zero?, :odd?, :even?, :succ, :integer?, :upto, :downto, :times, :next, :pred, :chr, :ord, :to_i, :to_int, :floor, :ceil, :truncate, :round, :gcd, :lcm, :gcdlcm, :numerator, :denominator, :to_r, :rationalize, :singleton_method_added, :coerce, :i, :+@, :remainder, :real?, :nonzero?, :step, :quo, :to_c, :real, :imaginary, :imag, :abs2, :arg, :angle, :phase, :rectangular, :rect, :polar, :conjugate, :conj, :between?]1) _
In IRB the use of the underscore variable _ will hold the evaluation of the last line of code executed.
When the variable is used in code it’s an indicator from the developer that this parameter isn’t going to be used. For example “Divided into columns of 4”
[0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9].group_by.with_index {|_,index| index % 4 }.values
# => [[0, 4, 9], [1, 5], [2, 6], [3, 7]]In the Minitest framework, starting in version 5.6.0, the use of underscore is an alias to the new spec style testing.
spec(4).must_be :even?
_(4).wont_be :odd?2) instance_exec
The instance_exec method is available on every Object, and everything in Ruby is an Object, and when you use it you open up the singleton_class of the object to work on. Anything you can do in a Class you could do in an instance_exec.
num = Object.new
num.instance_exec {
def == other
other == 3
end
}
num == 4
# => false
num == 3
# => trueYou can even use this on a Proc… which could drive people crazy if you do. But just so you know that you can, here it is.
prc = proc {|num| num == 4}
prc.instance_exec { def == other; other == 3 end }
prc.call(4)
# => true
prc.call(3)
# => false
prc == 4
# => false
prc == 3
# => true3) Enumerator::Lazy
An Enumerator::Lazy object will give you back one object at a time from your collection with optional processing on each item.
def do_the_lazy(array_input)
Enumerator::Lazy.new(array_input) do |yielder, value|
yielder << value
end
end
x = do_the_lazy([1,2,3,4,5,6])
# => #
x.next
# => 1
x.next
# => 2
x.next
# => 3
x.force
# => [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 4) Struct has Enumerable as its ancestor
Since Struct has Enumerable as its ancestor you can use any method from it and write some handy methods on Structs themselves.
class Pair < Struct.new(:first, :second)
def same?
inject(:==)
end
def add
reduce(:+)
end
end
a = Pair.new(4,4)
# => #
a.same?
# => true
a.add
# => 8
b = Pair.new(5,6)
# => #
b.same?
# => false
b.add
# => 11 5) $:
The $: variable is the load path for Ruby gems. Also available via $LOAD_PATH. You can add the current directory to your load path with:
$: << '.'6) inspect
The inspect method is meant to be a human readable representation for any object. It is the default representation of an Object when you call Class#new and it shows it on the next line.
class Human < Struct.new(:name, :age)
def inspect
"#{name} is a human of age #{age}"
end
end
joe = Human.new("Joe", 43)
# => Joe is a human of age 437) Hash#invert
Reverse your Hash key-value pairs.
{a: 1, b: 2}.invert
# => {1=>:a, 2=>:b}8) Method#to_proc
You can convert methods to a proc. Note they may be exclusively scoped to the same kind of Object they were defined in.
def plus_one(x)
x + 1
end
proc_increment = method(:plus_one).to_proc
proc_increment.call(4)
# => 5
[1,3,5,9].map(&proc_increment)
# => [2, 4, 6, 10]9) module_function
module_function is to a Module what private is to a Class
10) require_relative
require_relative is a convenient way to load other ruby files relative to your current files location.
11) instance_methods
On any class you can call the instance_methods method to find out what the individual instances of the class will have defined on them.
12) Enumerable
Enumerable is a module that is included in basic collection types such as Array, Hash, and Struct. So all of these object types will include the instance methods from Enumerable.
13) defined?
The defined? method keyword is handy for checking whether anything is publicly defined module, class, method, etc. On classes on modules you can also call method_defined?, public_method_defined?, private_method_defined?, and protected_method_defined?
14) –noprompt
If you execute IRB with the command line flag –noprompt you will enter in to an IRB session with none of the extra characters showing up on the left side of the terminal. This is great if you want to experiment with code and then use you mouse to copy & paste from it.
15) string % value(s)
You can insert with type conversion into strings using the percent % method.
"Number: %f %f" % [1,2]
# => Number: 1.000000 2.000000
"Number: %e" % "6"
# => "Number: 6.000000e+00"16) ternary operator ? : _
When you use a question mark after something with some space it starts an if else switch. If the value before the question mark is true then return the first item after the question mark. If false then move past the colon mark.
true ? 10 : 20
# => 10
false ? 10 : 20
# => 20
false ? 10 : 20 ? 30 : 40
# => 30
false ? 10 : !20 ? 30 : 40
# => 40
false ? 10 : 20 ? 30 ? 50 : 60 : 40
# => 50
false ? 10 : 20 ? !30 ? 50 : 60 : 40
# => 60
false ? 10 : !20 ? 30 ? 50 : 60 : 40
# => 40Is is generally advisable to use just one ternary operator per line. If you wish to use more you should add parenthesis around each inner expression to allow for ease of comprehension.
17) ruby -e “#code”
Run ruby code snippets from the command line
home:~$ ruby -e "puts 1 + 1"
218) %[]
%[] is just like using quotations to form a string. It allows you to use interpolation, double quotes, and single quotes within.
%[Hello #{ "World!" } "Quoted" and 'quoted!']
# => "Hello World! \"Quoted\" and 'quoted!'"19) erb
ERB is an included library with Ruby and you can use it to add Ruby code to other documents/strings.
require "erb"
ERB.new(%[Hello <%= "Wor" + "ld!" %>]).result
# => "Hello World!"20) undefined Class instance variables don’t raise errors
When a variable hasn’t been defined yet and you use the class instance variable form of an at symbol (@) then it will evaluate as nil rather than raising any “undefined” errors.
@a
# => nil
@a.to_i
# => 0
class A
end
A.new.instance_eval {@a}
# => nil
def count_from_one()
@num = @num.to_i + 1
end
count_from_one
# => 1
count_from_one
# => 2
count_from_one
# => 3
count_from_one
# => 421) UnboundMethod
You can extract an instance method from a class and use it like a stand alone Proc with bind.
split = String.instance_method(:split)
# => #
class String
undef :split
end
"asdf".split("s")
#NoMethodError: undefined method `split' for "asdf":String
split.bind("asdf").call("s")
# => ["a", "df"] 22) ObjectSpace
You can get get a reference to every instance of a specific object with ObjectSpace.
class A
end
3.times do
A.new
end
ObjectSpace.each_object(A).count
# => 3
ObjectSpace.each_object(A).to_a
# => [#, #, #] 23) freeze
Once you freeze an object it cannot be modified.
module Test
def self.example
"Hello World!"
end
end
Test.freeze
Test.example
# => "Hello World!"
module Test
def self.asdf
123
end
end
#RuntimeError: can't modify frozen Module
24) ‘self’ can optionally be replaced by the object name
module Apple
def Apple.chew
"munch munch"
end
end
Apple.chew
# => "munch munch"
def Apple.cut
"chop chop"
end
Apple.cut
# => "chop chop"
class A
def A.foo
"bar"
end
end
A.foo
# => "bar"25) Top level scope objects can be accessed with ::
module A
def self.test
"FOO"
end
end
module Thing
module A
def self.test
"BAR"
end
end
def Thing.inner
A.test
end
def Thing.outer
::A.test
end
end
Thing.outer
# => "FOO"
Thing.inner
# => "BAR"26) prepend
prepend adds a module to the most recent chain of class ancestors. Those methods will be called first.
module A
def split
self.upcase
end
end
String.prepend A
String.ancestors
# => [A, String, Comparable, Object, Kernel, BasicObject]
"asdf".split
# => "ASDF"27) super
super calls the current methods name up the ancestor chain and continues until it finds the definition.
module A
def split(*_)
super("a")
end
end
class B < String
def split
super("b")
end
end
b = B.new("123abc")
# => "123abc"
b.split
# => ["123a", "c"]
B.ancestors
# => [B, String, Comparable, Object, Kernel, BasicObject]
String.prepend A
b.split
# => ["123", "bc"]
B.ancestors
# => [B, A, String, Comparable, Object, Kernel, BasicObject]
28) arity
arity lets you know how many parameters a Proc or method will take.
->{}.arity
# => 0
->_{}.arity
# => 1
->_,_{}.arity
# => 2
->*_{}.arity
# => -1
"".method(:upcase).arity
# => 0
String.instance_method(:upcase).arity
# => 029) cloning Arrays
When you use the Array#clone method you end up with a different Array with the same exact Objects in them. No additional memory will be used for the internal objects. Array#dup will do the same thing.
class Thing
end
a = [Thing.new, Thing.new]
# => [#, #]
b = a.clone
# => [#, #]
a.object_id
# => 12541180
b.object_id
# => 12522640
a.map(&:object_id)
# => [12541220, 12541200]
b.map(&:object_id)
# => [12541220, 12541200] If you modify the Array itself you don’t have to worry about the other Array being effected. But if you change an object in the Array internally that object will be changed in both Arrays.
30) Default value for Hash
Just like above where duplicating an Array points to the same objects, so also we have the same object returned when we set a default for the Hash.
h = Hash.new
# => {}
h.default = []
# => []
a = h[:c]
# => []
b = h[:d]
# => []
a[0] = 1
# => 1
h[:z]
# => [1]To remedy this it’s best to use default_proc to create a new Array each time.
h = Hash.new
# => {}
h.default_proc = ->*_{ [] }
# => #
a = h[:c]
# => []
b = h[:d]
# => []
a[0] = 1
# => 1
h[:z]
# => [] 31) class_eval with included
Using class_eval when you’re writing methods to be included is the more natural way of updating classes. You’ll write your definitions just as if you’re in the class.
class A
end
module Example
def self.included(base)
base.class_eval do
def example
"instance method"
end
def self.example
"class method"
end
end
end
end
A.include Example
A.example
"class method"
A.new.example
"instance method"32) inherited
When you’re having one class inherit from another class as a “mixin” you can write an inherited hook.
class Foo
def self.inherited(base)
base.class_eval do
def bar
"Drinking at the bar!"
end
end
end
def foo
"bar"
end
end
class A < Foo
end
A.new.foo
# => "bar"
A.new.bar
# => "Drinking at the bar!"
Foo.new.foo
# => "bar"
Foo.new.bar
#NoMethodError: undefined method `bar' for #33) %x
You can run external commands with %x{}. %x can have any grouping symbols around its content: eg: ”, “”, {}, [], //, (), ^^. Ruby’s percent methods typically allow all of these and more (most any non-alphanumeric character).
puts %x'cowsay "Hello World!"'
# ______________
#< Hello World! >
# --------------
# \ ^__^
# \ (oo)\_______
# (__)\ )\/\
# ||----w |
# || ||
# => nil
34) break :value
You can return a value out of a loop with break just like you would with return.
x = loop do
break 9
end
x
# => 935) Lonely Operator &.
As of Ruby 2.3.0 there is a new operator known as the Safe Navigation Operator, or the Lonely Operator. According to Matz it “looks like someone sitting on the floor, looking at the dot.” What this operator allows you to do is continue chaining methods even if one of the items along the way returns nil. It will safely return nil if that is the case.
@a&.size
# => nil
@a = [1,2,3]
@a&.size
# => 3Notice we didn’t get a NoMethodError. This will save a lot of the uses of the Rails try method.
36) Hash#to_proc
Mapping values in Ruby is fairly common. As of Ruby 2.3.0 they’ve added Hash#to_proc.
hsh = {a: 1, b: 2, c: 3}
[:a, :b, :c].map(&hsh)
# => [1, 2, 3]Anytime you place an ampersand symbol before an Object as a parameter it calls the to_proc method on the Object. You can mimic the behavior above in earlier versions of Ruby by using the method method.
hsh = {a: 1, b: 2, c: 3}
[:a, :b, :c].map(&hsh.method(:[]))
# => [1, 2, 3]
37) retry
In any begin/rescue/end block you can use retry to repeat the code execution within the block when an error is raised.
begin
@x = @x.to_i + 1
raise "Error" if @x < 5
rescue
puts "We're rescuing!"
retry
end
We're rescuing!
We're rescuing!
We're rescuing!
We're rescuing!
# => nil38) raise
raise can take 3 different parameters. Just a text explanation, an Error class & a text explanation, or an Error class & text explanation & where the error is from.
raise "Hello World!"
#RuntimeError: Hello World!
raise StandardError, "Hello World!"
#StandardError: Hello World!
class DigestionError < StandardError
end
raise DigestionError, "stomach hurts", "bad food"
#DigestionError: stomach hurts
# from bad foodNote you’ll probably want to use file and line info for the from area.
39) FILE
The current file. In irb this will return “(irb)” .
40) LINE
The current line.
41) Hash.[]
Hash[:array, :of, :key, :value, :pairs, "."]
# => {:array=>:of, :key=>:value, :pairs=>"."}42) Global Variables
The dollar sign defines global variables. ($) Please don’t use them. It will kludge up your code. Constants can be used as global variables. When possible use constants or objects to contain values you need. APPLE is a lot nicer to see than $apple . If you need to define APPLE globally just use ::APPLE
module Kludge
def Kludge.ugly
$marco = :polo
end
end
$marco
# => nil
Kludge.ugly
$marco
# => :polo
module Nice
def self.thing
::Marco = :polo
end
end
Marco
#NameError: uninitialized constant Marco
Nice.thing
Marco
# => :polo43) $0
$0 (dollar-zero) is the root file executed in Ruby. It can be used like Python’s name == “main” to only run code if this file is the main file. Avoid running code when the file is required with this.
if __FILE__ == $0
puts "You ran this #{__FILE__} directly! :-)"
end44) case permits then
case 1
when 1
then
puts "yes"
end
#yes
# => nil45) case doesn’t need a value
y = 4
case
when y == 4 then puts "yes"
end
#yes
# => nil46) case then is optional
case 4
when 4
puts "yes"
end
#yes
# => nil47) case calls the === method
module Truth
def self.===(thing)
puts "=== has been called!"
true
end
end
case :pizza_is_delicious
when Truth
puts "yummy food for my tummy"
end
#=== has been called!
#yummy food for my tummy
# => nil48) tail conditions
You can put your if statements and rescue statements after code.
@x = begin
5
end if false
@x
# => nil
raise "Error" rescue :all_clear
# => :all_clear
if true
puts "Hello World!"
end if false
# => nil49) use of return
In Ruby the last thing evaluated is automatically the returned object. The only time you need to use return is if you want to exit with a value earlier in the code.
x = 3
def a
return true if x == 3
false
end
a
# => true
x = 5
a
# => false50) String#chars
The chars method will automatically split your string into individual String characters in an Array.
"asdf".chars
# => ["a", "s", "d", "f"]51) to_enum, enum_for, each, lazy
On any Array you can call any of to_enum, enum_for, each, or lazy methods to return an Enumerator Object that you can iterate over. You have basic methods :next, :peek, :feed, and :rewind for each of these Enumerators. But with Lazy you also get a :force method which returns the original collection.
x = [1,2,3].enum_for
x.next
# => 1
x.next
# => 2
y = [1,2,3].lazy
y.peek
# => 1
y.force
# => [1,2,3]52) curry
You can create additional Proc objects that set some of the parameters on another.
add = lambda {|a,b| a + b }
add.call(1,2)
# => 3
add1 = add.curry[1]
add1.call(4)
# => 553) mandatory keyword parameters
def name(first:, last:)
puts "Your name is #{first} #{last}."
end
name
#ArgumentError: missing keywords: first, last
name first: "J", last: "Appleseed"
#Your name is J Appleseed.
# => nil54) Range inclusive and exclusive
Range.new(1,5,true).to_a
# => [1, 2, 3, 4]
(1...5).to_a
# => [1, 2, 3, 4]
Range.new(1,5,false).to_a
# => [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
(1..5).to_a
# => [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]55) String#upto
The upto method for String uses the strings ordinal values to build the range.
"A".upto("z").to_a
# => ["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J", "K", "L", "M", "N",
# "O", "P", "Q", "R", "S", "T", "U", "V", "W", "X", "Y", "Z", "[", "\\", "]",
# "^", "_", "`", "a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j", "k", "l",
# "m", "n", "o", "p", "q", "r", "s", "t", "u", "v", "w", "x", "y", "z"]
"A".upto("z").to_a.map(&:ord)
# => [65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81,
# 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99,
# 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113,
# 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122]56) String#squeeze
The squeeze method on String objects brings gaps down to one in length.
" asdf fdsa asdf ".squeeze
# => " asdf fdsa asdf "
"..asdf.......fdsa....asdf...".squeeze(".")
# => ".asdf.fdsa.asdf."Clarification: This doesn’t just squeeze spaces. When no parameter is given it squeezes all duplicate neighboring characters.
57) String#replace
The replace method is unusual as it allows you to rewrite the string inside itself.
class String
def are_you_happy?
self.replace "I'm happy"
end
end
x = "waaaa!"
# => "waaaa!"
x.are_you_happy?
# => "I'm happy"
x
# => "I'm happy"58) Infinity
You can count up to infinity… but you should do it lazily.
x = (1..Float::INFINITY).lazy
50.times do
x.next
end
# => 50
x.next
# => 51 59) Enumerable#detect
You can use the detect method to return the first item that evaluates as true.
[1,5,9,11,13,15,18,21,24,26,28].detect(&:even?)
# => 18
[1,5,9,11,13,15,18,21,24,26,28].detect {|number| number.even? }
# => 1860) Enumerable#grep
You can use the grep method to find items in an Array that match your expression.
Array.instance_methods.grep /\?/
# => [:include?, :any?, :empty?, :eql?, :frozen?, :all?, :one?, :none?,
# :member?, :instance_of?, :instance_variable_defined?, :kind_of?, :is_a?,
# :respond_to?, :nil?, :tainted?, :untrusted?, :equal?]
Array.instance_methods.grep /one/
# => [:one?, :none?, :clone]61) Method#owner
You can discover which object defines a method within the objects ancestry.
Array.instance_method(:grep).owner
# => Enumerable
[].method(:grep).owner
# => Enumerable62) String#tr
Replaces all characters that match in place.
"hello world".tr('el', '*')
# => "h***o wor*d"63) String#tr_s
Replaces all characters that match and squashes groups.
"hello world".tr_s('el', '*')
# => "h*o wor*d"64) Array building
Using Kernel#Array to safely enforce an Array result along with using a class variable to avoid any errors creates for a clean looking and less redundant Array builder. The << method appends a to the end of the Array.
def build(thing)
@arr = Array(@arr) << thing
end
@arr
# => nil
build :brick1
build :brick2
build :brick3
@arr
# => [:brick1, :brick2, :brick3]A more common form is as follows:
(@arr ||= []) << thingBut I find this far more cryptic looking and not as newbie friendly. Readability, simplicity, and beauty are all important.
65) spaces
You can put spaces in between method calls and new lines after periods.
a = "asdf"
a . reverse .
split( "s" ) .
join . capitalize
# => "Fda"
module A
module B
module C
def self.a
"a"
end
end
end
end
A::
B::
C .
a
# => "a" 66) function one liners
With a semicolon you can avoid the need for adding extra lines. Best for when you need to have many “short” functions defined.
class PairMath < Struct.new(:a,:b)
def add; inject(:+) end
def subtract; inject(:-) end
def multiply; inject(:*) end
def divide; inject(:/) end
end
a = PairMath.new(6,2)
# => #
a.add
# => 8
a.subtract
# => 4
a.multiply
# => 12
a.divide
# => 3 67) Forwardable#def_delegators
You can pass method calls forward (to another object) with the Forwardable standard library module.
require 'forwardable'
class Arr
def initialize(thing = [])
@thing = thing
end
extend Forwardable
def_delegators :@thing, :join, :<<
end
x = Arr.new([1,2,3])
x.join
# => "123"
x << 4
x.join
# => "1234"68) unless
unless is the same thing as if not (==as it’s understood in English==). So whenever you see it – think “if not” and that should help. If you aren’t accustomed to this it can be confusing. The use case for unless is: you want a positive response for a negative situation.
module Tree
def self.has_no_apples?
true
end
end
puts "Munch munch" unless Tree.has_no_apples?
# => nil 69) superclass
You can use superclass to access the class inherited from.
class A
def foo
"bar"
end
end
class B < A
def foo
"mountain"
end
end
x = B.new
x.foo
# => "mountain"
x.class.superclass
# => A70) binding an UnboundMethod
Continuing from the code above in #69 .
x.instance_exec {
self.
class.
superclass.
instance_method(:foo).
bind(self).
call
}
# => "bar"When instance_method(:foo) is invoked above it returns an UnboundMethod. UnboundMethods can only be used in the same kind of Object they were defined in. But first they must be bound. To do this we used bind(self) inside an instance_exec . Then to call it we run it as we would a Proc object with the call method.
71) alternative code continuation with \
If you don’t like entering new lines after a period, you may use a backslash.
"asdf" \
.reverse \
.split("s") \
.join \
.capitalize
# => "Fda"72) HEREDOC
Multiple line strings.
def a
< " This\n is \n multi-\n line.\n"
b
# => " This\n is\n as\n well!\n" The dash (–) is needed if you want to indent the ending of your HEREDOC closer.
As of Ruby 2.3.0 they’ve added the squiggle (~) option to remove leading white space. Note: It’s called a tilde and not squiggle.
def c
<<~CSTRING
Look
ma!
No
leading
white
space.
CSTRING
end
c
# => "Look\nma!\nNo\nleading\nwhite\nspace.\n"You can use any up-cased string for marking the beginning and ending of your HEREDOC as long as they’re the same at both ends.
73) Hash#dig
As of Ruby 2.3.0 you now have a dig method great for getting deep into nested hashes.
buried_treasure = {dirt: {dirt: {dirt: "gold"}}}
buried_treasure.dig(:dirt, :dirt, :dirt)
# => "gold"74) dynamically naming classes
Ruby is full of ways to dynamically define methods. But for classes there seems to only be the use of eval. One way to define Classes is with eval.
def boat_them_all(array_in)
array_in.each do |noun|
eval <<-BOATMAKER
class ::#{noun.capitalize}Boat
def float?
true
end
end
BOATMAKER
end
end
nouns = [:joe, :cow, :car]
boat_them_all(nouns)
JoeBoat.new.float?
# => true
CowBoat.new.float?
# => true
CarBoat.new.float?
# => trueI use the double colon here because in most cases you’ll be defining classes from within another class or module. And if you want the classes to be available globally you’ll need to prepend the double colon ::
Another way to define a class is to use const_set. (Credit to 0x0dea.)
module M
const_set 'SomeClass', Class.new {
# methods here
}
end75) addition doesn’t care
about excess symbol usage. You can be artsy with code this way :-).
4 + - + + + - - - - + 6
# => -2
4 + - + + + - - - - - + 6
# => 1076) ~ tilde calls itself on the following Object
class Cow
def ~
:moo
end
end
@cow = Cow.new
~
@cow
# => :moo
~@cow
# => :moo 77) empty parenthesis () is nil
x = ()
# => nil78) !!
Truthiness of Object. Think of it as a double negative… it evaluates truth.
!!nil
# => false
!!false
# => false
!!Object
# => true
!!Object.new
# => true
!!4.+(4)
# => true 79) Ranges guess types
And it’s not always the right guess.
("D9".."F5").to_a
# => ["D9", "E0", "E1", "E2", "E3", "E4", "E5", "E6", "E7", "E8", "E9", "F0", "F1", "F2", "F3", "F4", "F5"]
("DD".."FA").to_a
# => ["DD", "DE", "DF", "DG", "DH", "DI", "DJ", "DK", "DL", "DM", "DN", "DO", "DP", "DQ", "DR", "DS", "DT", "DU", "DV", "DW", "DX", "DY", "DZ", "EA", "EB", "EC", "ED", "EE", "EF", "EG", "EH", "EI", "EJ", "EK", "EL", "EM", "EN", "EO", "EP", "EQ", "ER", "ES", "ET", "EU", "EV", "EW", "EX", "EY", "EZ", "FA"]
("88".."AA").to_a
# => ["88", "89", "90", "91", "92", "93", "94", "95", "96", "97", "98", "99"]80) Symbols have methods too
:asdf.class
# => Symbol
:apple.methods - Object.methods
# => [:id2name, :intern, :to_sym, :to_proc, :succ, :next, :casecmp, :[], :slice, :length, :size, :empty?, :match, :upcase, :downcase, :capitalize, :swapcase, :encoding, :between?]
:apple.capitalize
# => :Apple81) Numbers succ
4.succ
# => 5
4.succ.succ.succ
# => 7
x = 4
x.succ
# => 5
x
# => 482) %w and %W makes an Array of Strings
Like mentioned above in #33 most non alphanumeric symbols can mark the edges.
x = 4
%w^a s d f #{x}^
# => ["a", "s", "d", "f", "\#{x}"]
%W^a s d f #{x}^
# => ["a", "s", "d", "f", "4"]BONUS: %i and %I for Arrays of Symbols. (credit to tfaaft)
%i(foo bar baz)
# => [:foo, :bar, :baz]
s = 'ell'
%I(foo h#{s}o baz)
# => [:foo, :hello, :baz]83) refinements are awesome
module NewUpcase
refine String do
def upcase
"moo"
end
end
end
class B
using NewUpcase
def thing
"asdf".upcase
end
end
B.new.thing
# => "moo" 84) Procs keep their original binding
The following code is invalid. The error demonstrates that even though the Proc is called from within an instance of Doctor that the Proc executes and evaluates directly from the instance of Cow.
class Cow
def initialize
@feeling = "moo"
end
def feeling
proc {send("@greeting") + @feeling}
end
end
class Doctor
def initialize
@greeting = "Hi Doctor. "
end
def feeling?(how_are_you)
how_are_you.call
end
end
Doctor.new.feeling? Cow.new.feeling
#NoMethodError: undefined method `@greeting' for #To make the above work you’d need to have the new scope values brought into the Proc as a parameter.
class Cow
def initialize
@feeling = "moo"
end
def feeling
proc {|greet| greet + @feeling}
end
end
class Doctor
def initialize
@greeting = "Hi Doctor. "
end
def feeling?(how_are_you)
how_are_you.call(@greeting)
end
end
Doctor.new.feeling? Cow.new.feeling
# => "Hi Doctor. moo"85) Regex named matchers
/(?.+) (?.+)/.match("Hello World!")["h"]
# => "Hello"
/(?.+) (?.+)/.match("Hello World!")["w"]
# => "World!" 86) included_modules
Beyond knowing the ancestry hierarchy with the ancestors method you can use the included_modules method for, as the name says, just seeing modules included.
Array.included_modules
# => [Enumerable, Kernel]87) at_exit
You can make code run as Ruby exits after the exit command. Example from APIDock
def do_at_exit(str1)
at_exit { print str1 }
end
at_exit { puts "cruel world" }
do_at_exit("goodbye ")
exit
# => goodbye cruel worldBONUS: And
BEGIN { ... }for running ASAP. (credit to 0x0dea)
88) ensure
ensure lets you make sure certain code gets run from within the block.
begin
@a = 9
raise "error"
ensure
@a = 7
end
#RuntimeError: error
@a
# => 7 89) alias
You can give a method an additional name.
class A
def foo
"bar"
end
end
class B < A
alias :fib :foo
end
B.new.foo
# => "bar"
B.new.fib
# => "bar"90) ENV
ENV is a variable holding a Hash of your systems environment variables.
91) Marshal
Convert Objects to Strings and back again with Marshal.
x = Marshal.dump(Array([1,2,"3"]))
# => "\x04\b[\bi\x06i\aI\"\x063\x06:\x06ET"
Marshal.load(x)
# => [1, 2, "3"]92) sleep
You can make your current thread sleep with calling sleep and providing in seconds how long to wait.
93) TAB
In IRB you can press the TAB key to autofill the rest of a constant or method name. If there are more than one possibility it will list them all.
94) help
If you have your RI documentation installed then you can lookup information on methods in Ruby by typing help in IRB.
95) block_given?
block_given? is a method to determine if a block can be evaluated in the current scope. Formerly iterator?
def a(&b)
block_given?
end
a
# => false
a {}
# => true96) $>
$> is a global variable for STDOUT
$> << "hello world!\n"
#hello world!
# => #> 97) $;
$; is a global variable that may change what strings split on by default.
"a s d".split
# => ["a", "s", "d"]
$; = "."
"a s d".split
# => ["a s d"]It looks as though this feature is here to stay: Ruby Issue #11729
BONUS: And $, is the default for String#join (credit to 0x0dea)
98) warn
You can use warn to print a warning message to STDERR.
warn "Oh no!"
#Oh no!
# => nil99) 1.0/0 is Infinity
1/0
#ZeroDivisionError: divided by 0
1.0/0
# => Infinity100) Ruby has been around for 20 years!
RUBY_COPYRIGHT
# => "ruby - Copyright (C) 1993-2015 Yukihiro Matsumoto"原文：http://6ftdan.com/allyourdev/...