Calling Methods
Learn how to call an object's methods in Ruby.
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Calling methods
In Ruby, methods that are defined on objects can be used by adding a dot and then the method name, like so:
object.method
That essentially instructs an object to perform the method’s behavior.
This is known as calling a method.
For example, the String
class defines methods like:
upcase
(convert the object to uppercase)downcase
(convert the object to lowercase)length
(returns the string’s length)
Here’s how we can call them:
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