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Ruby Programming Vocab

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. a module of classes and or functions






2. defines an instance variable which only exists within the object it was created in.






3. method to determine if an object is an even number






4. a fixed value that begins with a capital letter such as Pi.






5. tells ruby a value to pass while iterating a block of code






6. a section of code with no discrete name which is not a method by itself that can be called upon and can receive an argument.






7. a definition of a concept in an object oriented language.






8. (regular expression)any space or tab or newline or whitespace






9. a collection of objects with a defined order






10. method that tells an argument's place value within an array






11. a string method that makes string all caps.






12. operator for "Boolean not"






13. a string method that substitutes ALL occurrences of a string with another.






14. data passed to methods in parenthesis after a method's name.






15. interpolation operator






16. a collection of characters such as "Hello world!"






17. (regular expression)any nonletter or nondigit or nonunderscore.






18. (regular expression)any non-whitespace character






19. defines array of multiple elements seperated by a space






20. the ternary operator if?then:else






21. an array method that






22. a string method that capitalizes first character






23. an array method that






24. (regular expression)any digit






25. a string method (with /REGEX/ and starting_point separated by comma) that outputs the first string matching the defined regular expression from an optionally defined starting point






26. the process of deciding which sections of code to execute based on conditions






27. method that tells an argument's place value within an array






28. a string method that changes last character to next alphabetical character






29. the remainder operator






30. a string method that scans object for arguments - uses regular expressions.






31. (regular expression)anchor for the start of a string






32. a regular method that is the anchor for the beggining of a line






33. Data type that is assigned at initialization and typically does not change. Starts with a capital letter.






34. assigns a key to a hash value






35. string method that determines if a string starts with a defined string






36. array method that removes last item from an array






37. tells you all methods that an object may invoke.






38. a variable that lists the directories where Ruby will look for libraries






39. (regular expression)any letter or digit or underscore






40. a string method that uncapitalizes first character






41. used in an expression to manipulate objects






42. a string method that substituition. Requires 2 arguments.






43. (regular expression)any non-whitespace character






44. methods that step through lists element by element (like each or upto or times etc)






45. (regular expression)any nondigit






46. Boolean not and or (lower preference)






47. array method that transforms the contents of an array according to a specified set of rules






48. passes value into block of code and assigns it the label of "x"






49. a regular method that is the anchor for the beggining of a line






50. (regular expression)any space or tab or newline or whitespace