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Overview of Ruby Programming Language

Ruby is a dynamic, object-oriented scripting language created in 1993 by Yukihiro Matsumoto. It supports rapid development through features like automatic memory management, dynamic typing, and built-in string and array handling. Ruby is simple to learn yet powerful, and is used to build web applications through frameworks like Ruby on Rails. It runs on multiple operating systems and has an active community supporting its continued development and use.

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Overview of Ruby Programming Language

Ruby is a dynamic, object-oriented scripting language created in 1993 by Yukihiro Matsumoto. It supports rapid development through features like automatic memory management, dynamic typing, and built-in string and array handling. Ruby is simple to learn yet powerful, and is used to build web applications through frameworks like Ruby on Rails. It runs on multiple operating systems and has an active community supporting its continued development and use.

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RubyProgramming

Language
RubyScriptinglanguage,dynamicandobjectoriented
Allowsrapiddevelopmentandrapidprototypesofsoftware
Consistsofusefulstringoperationsandregularexpressions
EverythinginRubyisanobject
Hasautomaticgarbagecollection
Instantfeedbackwhendeveloping

MultipleOSsupportandopensource

RubyProgramming
Language
History
BornFeb23,1993YukihiroMatzMatsumoto
Ruby0.95announcedDec21,1995
OO,Inheritance,iterators,exceptionhandling,garbagecollection
Ruby1.0releasedDec25,1996
Ruby1.31999
AfteritsreleaseanEnglishRubymailinglistwascreated

RubyonRails2005
MVCwebframeworkcodedwithRuby

Ruby1.9.1Latestversion

RubyProgramming
Language
Philosophy
Rubyissimpleinappearance,butisverycomplexinside,
justlikeourhumanbodyMatz
POLSPrincipleofLeastSurpriseDesignthelanguagesoexperienced
Programmershaveminimalconfusion.

RubyProgramming
Language
RubyinAction
ToexecuteRubycodeusetheIRB(interativerubyinterpreter)orfroma
Terminaltype:%[Link]
ClassicHelloWorldexampleusingirb:
:
c@claptop:~$irb
irb(main):001:0>puts"HelloWorld"
HelloWorld
=>nil
[Link]

c@claptop:~/Documents/cs183$[Link]
HelloWorld

RubyProgramming
Language
RubyinBasics
Output:
printrubyrocks
putsrubyrocks//insertsaCRandend
Functions:
defwelcome(name)
putshey#{name}
end
:
Functionswithmultiplereturnvalues:
defget_cost_mpg
cost=20

mpg=20
Returncost,mpg
end
Hum_cost,Hum_mpg=get_cost_mpg

RubyProgramming
Language
RubyinBasics
Variables:
Globalsprefixwitha'$'
Instancevarsprefixwitha'@'
Comments:use'#'
SinceeverythinginRubyisanobjectwecanapplymethods:
[Link]()=>1
if(x>7&&x<12){...}inRubywecandosomethinglike:
[Link]?(7,12)do...

RubyProgramming
Language
RubyinBasics
grade=10
school=casegrade
when0..5
"elementary"
when6..8
"middleschool"
when9..12
"highschool"
else
"college"
end
.

ArrayLoopusing'each'
foriin1..4
puts"hi#{i}"
end

animals=%w(lionstigersbears)
[Link]{|kind|printkind}

RubyProgramming
Language
RubyClass
classPerson
definitialize(fname,lname)
@fname=fname
@lname=lname
end
defto_s
"Person:#@fname#@lname"
end
end
person=[Link]("Augustus","Bondi")

printperson

RubyProgramming
Language
RubyFileIO
Performafile>stringoperation:Easyas:
file=[Link]("[Link]")
mytext=[Link]
Breakdownthefileintoanarrayoflines:
lines=[Link]("[Link]")
putslines[0]#printsthefirstline
Outputfilecontents:
[Link]("[Link]"){|line|putsline}

RubyProgramming
Language
RubyHTMLExtractorExample

require'openuri'
open('[Link]
BenefitsofRuby:
Cleancode,Easytolearn,Documentionandsupport,OpenSource,OO
DrawbacksofRuby:
Interpreted{Read;Eval;Loop;}Performance<CompiledLanguages

RubyProgramming
Language
Links
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