Basic Ruby Language Elements

Basic Ruby Language Elements - module R103

Ruby hasn't re-invented everything - it's taken the good basics from variables through "Bodmas" to statement structure and commenting from best practise elsewhere.

This topic is presented on public course Ruby Programming

Examples from our training material

calc.rb	Some early gotchas
calcbetter.rb	A simple calculation in Ruby
print.rb	Variety in output - p, print and puts
rub1	FAILS to continue a line

Background information

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Topics covered in this module

Structure of statements and comments.
Variables and constants.
Operators.
Assignments, calculations, etc.
Integer, float and string formats.
Single and double quotes, here documents, general strings.

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