Ruby Syntax¶ ↑

The Ruby syntax is large and is split up into the following sections:

Literals: Numbers, Strings, Arrays, Hashes, etc.
Assignment: Assignment and variables
Control Expressions: if, unless, while, until, for, break, next, redo
Pattern matching: Experimental structural pattern matching and variable binding syntax
Methods: Method and method argument syntax
Calling Methods: How to call a method (or send a message to a method)
Modules and Classes: Creating modules and classes including inheritance
Exceptions: Exception handling syntax
Precedence: Precedence of ruby operators
Refinements: Use and behavior of the refinements feature
Miscellaneous: alias, undef, BEGIN, END
Comments: Line and block code comments