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Ruby is "an easy object oriented language". It may seem a little strange at first, but it is designed to be easily read and written. This User's Guide will get you started at invoking and using ruby, and give you insights into ruby's nature that you may not get from the reference manual.
Table of contents
| 1.What is ruby? | 15. Access control |
| 2.Getting Started | 16. Singleton methods |
| 3.Simple examples | 17. Modules |
| 4.Strings | 18. Procedure objects |
| 5.Regular expressions | 19. Variables |
| 6.Arrays | 20. Global variables |
| 7.Back to the simple examples | 21. Instance variables |
| 8.Control structures | 22. Local variables |
| 9.Iterators | 23. Class constants |
| 10.Object-oriented thinking | 24. Exception processing: rescue |
| 11.Methods | 25. Exception processing: ensure |
| 12.Classes | 26. Accessors |
| 13.Inheritance | 27. Object initialization |
| 14.Redefinition of methods | 28. Nuts and bolts |
Document history
- Original Japanese version by matz.
- First English translation by GOTO Kentaro & Julian Fondren.
- Further translation and editing by Mark Slagell.
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