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Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction
Ruby's Elegance
Ruby in Action
Chapter 2. Language Basics
Command-Line Options
Environment Variables
Lexical Conventions
Literals
Variables
Operators
Methods
Control Structures
Object-Oriented Programming
Security
Chapter 3. Built-in Library Reference
Predefined Variables
Predefined Global Constants
Built-in Functions
Built-in Library
Chapter 4. Standard Library Reference
Standard Library
Chapter 5. Ruby Tools
Standard Tools
Additional Tools
Ruby Application Archive
Chapter 6. Ruby Updates
Summary of Changes
The Future of Ruby
Participate in Ruby
Index