For 2023 (and 2024 ...) - we are now fully retired from IT training. We have made many, many friends over 25 years of teaching about Python, Tcl, Perl, PHP, Lua, Java, C and C++ - and MySQL, Linux and Solaris/SunOS too. Our training notes are now very much out of date, but due to upward compatability most of our examples remain operational and even relevant ad you are welcome to make us if them "as seen" and at your own risk.
Lisa and I (Graham) now live in what was our training centre in Melksham - happy to meet with former delegates here - but do check ahead before coming round. We are far from inactive - rather, enjoying the times that we are retired but still healthy enough in mind and body to be active!
I am also active in many other area and still look after a lot of web sites - you can find an index ((here)) |
String interpretation in Ruby
Ruby's rather clever in terms or how it handles string interpretation. Since variable names only start with special characters sometimes, it can't use Perl's trick of making the $ and @ character special in a string. So instead it uses a #{.....} notation. For example:
puts "Tocker is #{tocker}"
uses a local variable.
puts "Ticker is #{$ticker}"
uses a global variable
and
puts "Sign #{noentrysign.colour} and area #{noentrysign.area}"
calls an instance or accessory method on the object. There is a complete example of that code here. (written 2008-03-21, updated 2008-03-22)
Associated topics are indexed as below, or enter http://melksh.am/nnnn for individual articles R109 - Ruby - Strings and Regular Expressions [970] String duplication - x in Perl, * in Python and Ruby - (2006-12-07) [986] puts - opposite of chomp in Ruby - (2006-12-15) [987] Ruby v Perl - interpollating variables - (2006-12-15) [1195] Regular Express Primer - (2007-05-20) [1305] Regular expressions made easy - building from components - (2007-08-16) [1875] What are exceptions - Python based answer - (2008-11-08) [1887] Ruby Programming Course - Saturday and Sunday - (2008-11-16) [1891] Ruby to access web services - (2008-11-16) [2293] Regular Expressions in Ruby - (2009-07-16) [2295] The dog is not in trouble - (2009-07-17) [2608] Search and replace in Ruby - Ruby Regular Expressions - (2010-01-31) [2614] Neatly formatting results into a table - (2010-02-01) [2621] Ruby collections and strings - some new examples - (2010-02-03) [2623] Object Oriented Ruby - new examples - (2010-02-03) [2980] Ruby - examples of regular expressions, inheritance and polymorphism - (2010-10-02) [3424] Divide 10000 by 17. Do you get 588.235294117647, 588.24 or 588? - Ruby and PHP - (2011-09-08) [3621] Matching regular expressions, and substitutions, in Ruby - (2012-02-23) [3757] Ruby - a teaching example showing many of the language features in short but useful program - (2012-06-09) [3758] Ruby - standard operators are overloaded. Perl - they are not - (2012-06-09) [4388] Global Regular Expression matching in Ruby (using scan) - (2015-01-08) [4505] Regular Expressions for the petrified - in Ruby - (2015-06-03) [4549] Clarrissa-Marybelle - too long to really fit? - (2015-10-23)
Some other Articles
Setting up a new user - Linux or UnixEaster Sunday at 404, The SpaAll Change, Portsmouth HarbourDynamic Memory Allocation in C - calloc, reallocString interpretation in RubySome Ruby programming examples from our courseVariable types in RubyWell House Consultants / Manor - StaffUsing Structs and Unions together effectively in CBusinesses in West Wiltshire - networking
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