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Adds emphasis about the object-oriented nature of ruby, and removes references to lesser-used array functions

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David Underwood
2013-07-02 13:46:58 -04:00
parent 918123e8ce
commit 705e8fd023

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@@ -13,8 +13,13 @@ No-one uses them
You shouldn't either
=end
# First and foremost: Everything is an object.
3 #=> 3
# Numbers are objects
3.class #=> Fixnum
3.to_s #=> "3"
# Some basic arithmetic
@@ -23,15 +28,24 @@ You shouldn't either
10 * 2 #=> 20
35 / 5 #=> 7
# Special values
nil #=> Nothing to see here
true #=> truth
false #=> falsehood
# Special values are objects
nil # Nothing to see here
true # truth
false # falsehood
nil.class #=> NilClass
true.class #=> TrueClass
false.class #=> FalseClass
# Equality
1 == 1 #=> true
2 == 1 #=> false
# apart from false itself, nil is the only other 'falsey' value
nil == false #=> true
0 == false #=> false
# Inequality
1 != 1 #=> false
2 != 1 #=> true
@@ -44,8 +58,10 @@ false #=> falsehood
2 <= 2 #=> true
2 >= 2 #=> true
'I am a string'
"I am a string too"
# Strings are objects
'I am a string'.class #=> String
"I am a string too".class #=> String
placeholder = "use string interpolation"
"I can #{placeholder} when using double quoted strings"
@@ -57,6 +73,7 @@ puts "I'm printing!"
# Variables
x = 25 #=> 25
x #=> 25
# Note that assignment returns the value assigned
# This means you can do multiple assignment:
@@ -72,17 +89,19 @@ snake_case = true
path_to_project_root = '/good/name/'
path = '/bad/name/'
# Symbols
# Symbols (are objects)
# Symbols are immutable, reusable constants represented internally by an integer value
# They're often used instead of strings to efficiently convey specific, meaningful values
:pending.class #=> Symbol
status = :pending
status == :pending #=> true
status == 'pending' #=> false
position = :left
status == :approved #=> false
# Arrays
@@ -107,26 +126,9 @@ array[2, 4] #=> [3, 4, 5]
# Or with a range
array[1..3] #=> [2, 3, 4]
# Add to the end of an array like this
# Add to an array like this
array << 6 #=> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
# Or like this
array.push 7 #=> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
# Or to the beginning like this
array.unshift 0 #=> [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
# Remove the first item in an array
array.shift #=> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
# Or the last
array.pop #=> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
# Note that push and pop do the opposite of each other
# Shift and unshift are the same.
# Hashes are Ruby's primary dictionary with keys/value pairs.
# Hashes are denoted with curly braces:
hash = {'color' => 'green', 'number' => 5}
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ new_hash = { defcon: 3, action: true}
new_hash.keys #=> [:defcon, :action]
# Tip: Both Arrays and Hashes are Enumerable
# This means they share a lot of useful methods
# This means they share a lot of useful methods such as each, map, count, and more
# Control structures
@@ -197,6 +199,7 @@ end
#=> iteration 5
grade = 'B'
case grade
when 'A'
puts "Way to go kiddo"