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ri: Ruby Interactive Reference

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ri is a online reference tool developed by Dave Thomas, the famous pragmatic programmer.

When you have a question about the behavior of a certain method, you can invoke ri to read the brief explanation of the method.

You can get ri from ri: Ruby Interactive

Usage Syntax:

Here is simple syntax to use ri

ri [ options ] [ methodname... ]

Here is a complete list of options:

SNCommand with Description
1--version,
-v

Displays version and exits.
1--line-length=n
-l n

Sets the line length for the output (minimum is 30 characters).
2--synopsis
-s

Displays just a synopsis.
3--format= name
-f name

Uses the name module (default is Plain) for output formatting. Here are the available modules:
  • Tagged: Simple tagged output
  • Plain: Default plain output

name should be specified in any of the following forms:

  • Class
  • Class::method
  • Class#method
  • Class.method
  • method

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