Ruby-Quick-Reference-Guide

Ruby through code samples

Table of Contents

• 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)

Hello World

puts 'Hello World!'

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Keywords

__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

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Comments

#This is a single line comment

=begin
This is a multiline comment
This is a multiline comment
=end

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Variables

_age = 21    #local variable
age = 21     #local variable
@age = 21    #instance variable
@@age = 21   #class variable
$age = 21    #global variable

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Constants

AGE = 21     #constant

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Class

class Customer
end

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