What is the purpose of the self keyword in Ruby?

Vaibhav Kothia May 31, 2023 0 Comments

The self keyword in Ruby refers to the current instance of the class. It is used to access instance variables and methods within the class.

For example:

class Person
attr_accessor :name

def initialize(name)
@name = name
end

def say_hello
puts “Hello, my name is #{self.name}”
end
end

person = Person.new(“John”)
person.say_hello

# Output:
# Hello, my name is John