Ruby tricks and tips

1 .

h = { :age => 10 }
h[:name].downcase                         # ERROR
h[:name].downcase rescue "No name"        # => "No name"

2.

Before

def x
  begin
    # ...
  rescue
    # ...
  end
end

After

def x
  # ...
rescue
  # ...
end

3.

%w{rubygems daemons eventmachine}.each { |x| require x }

4.

a, b, c, d = 1, 2, 3, 4

def my_method(*args)
  a, b, c, d = args
end

def initialize(args)
  args.keys.each { |name| instance_variable_set "@" + name.to_s, args[name] }
end

5.

"[%s]" % "same old drag"             # => "[same old drag]"

x = %w{p hello p}
"<%s>%s</%s>" % x                    # => "<p>hello</p>"