Nested Methods In Ruby

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        Source: <a href="http://twitter.com/igrigorik/status/11803597323">igrigorik</a> [twitter.com]
... ruby's syntax allows for nested methods:

def a; def b; :b; end; b; end; a 
#=> :b

Here's another example:

def a2
  def c
    "hello"
  end
  c
end

a2
#=> "hello" 

Note: Even though the method is nested it still has the same scope as a non-nested method.    

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• method
• Methods
• nested
• odd
• Ruby