How to check if today is Friday in Ruby
Overview
We can check if today is Friday in Ruby when you call the friday? method on a time object. It returns a Boolean value. true is returned if today is Friday. Otherwise, false is returned.
Syntax
t_o.friday?
Syntax to check if today is Friday in Ruby
Parameters
t_o: this is the time object. This time object can be created in many ways.
Return value
The value returned is a Boolean value. It returns true if the day or the time represents Friday.
Code example
# create time objectst1 = Time.nowt2 = Time.new(2020)t3 = Time.new(1987, 12, 18) # friday December, 1987# check if Friday# and print resultputs t1.friday?puts t2.friday?puts t3.friday?
Explanation
- Line 2 and 3: We create two time objects.
- Line 3: We create an actual time that is Friday.
- Line 8-10: We check if the time objects are Friday and print their results.