Quick! How many zeroes are in 1000000000000000? Large literal numbers may be a cinch for the computer to read, but they aren't very friendly to human eyes. Take 45 seconds …
Tag: literals
Use beautiful binary literals in Ruby
Stop trying to remember octal permission codes. Instead use beautiful binary literals in your Ruby code!
Episode #513: Literal Expectation
In tests is it better to assert against model attributes, or against literal values? In this episode, you'll see why one option is clearly preferable to the other.
Episode #509: Logical Matrix with Piotr Szotkowski
Use an obscure feature of Ruby integers to efficiently store large matrices of boolean data.
Episode #408: Leaning Toothpicks
A quick episode about regular expression quoting.
Episode #379: Squiggly Heredoc
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Episode #247: Multiline Strings
Today we'll compare a few different ways to quote large, multi-line blocks of text.
Episode #232: Range
Good morning diners! On today's menu, we have a deep exploration of Ruby's Range type. Even if you've used ranges before, you might find something new to chew on. Enjoy!
Episode #009: Symbol Literals
Some alternative ways to write symbols in Ruby code.
Episode #005: Array Literals
Composing command lines with fancy array literals.