| What? | Name |
|---|---|
=> |
hashrocket |
=> |
heavy arrow |
=> |
fat arrow |
=> |
fat comma |
=> |
rocket dagger |
<=> |
spaceship |
<=> |
ufo |
= |
equal |
= |
half mesh |
= |
gets |
== |
equals |
== |
unassembled hashtag |
=== |
threequals |
=== |
really really really equals |
!= |
not equals |
<= |
less than or equals |
>= |
greater than or equals |
=~ |
kind of equals |
=~ |
matches |
=~ |
is like |
=~ |
eek squeak |
=~ |
cigarette operator |
=~ |
equal like |
=~ |
bacon cannon |
=~ |
pretty much |
~ |
tilde |
~ |
twiddle |
~ |
squiggle |
~> |
approximately greater |
~> |
approximate |
~> |
optimistic |
~> |
version match operator |
~> |
twiddlewakka |
~> |
pessimisive match |
~> |
pessimistic operator |
~> |
roughly equals |
~> |
harpoon |
~> |
tadpole |
~> |
sperm |
~> |
spermy operator |
# |
octothorpe |
# |
hash |
# |
pound |
# |
mesh |
-> |
lambda literal |
-> |
stabby lambda |
-> |
dash rocket |
-> |
thin arrow |
| ` | |
| ` | |
| ` | |
| ` | |
| ` | |
| ` | |
| ` | |
| ` | |
| ` | |
| ` | |
| ` | |
<%= |
skull tag |
<%= |
angry squid |
<%= |
puzzled squid |
! |
not |
! |
bang |
! |
wow |
!! |
double bang |
!! |
bang bang |
* |
splat |
* |
twinkle |
* |
star |
{} |
braces |
{} |
curly |
{} |
squiggly brackets |
() |
parens |
() |
parentheses |
() |
wax/wane |
() |
southern hemisphere |
[] |
brackets |
[ ] |
squadrons |
foo[0] |
sub |
?: |
elvis |
?: |
conditional operator |
?: |
ternary if |
#{} |
crab claws |
#{} |
insert |
** |
constellation |
** |
double splat |
** |
binary splat |
!~ |
doesn't match |
!~ |
bacon bat |
&&= |
assign unless falsy |
&&= |
and-gets |
| ` | ` |
| ` | ` |
&foo |
proc operator |
&:foo |
symbol to proc operator |
&:foo |
pretzel colon |
&:foo |
salted pretzel operator |
<< |
append operator |
<< |
push |
<< |
shovel |
<< |
back shovel |
<< |
chevron |
<< |
exxon |
<< |
gazinta |
<< |
inhales |
>> |
forward shovel |
^ |
caret |
^ |
hat |
^ |
exor |
^ |
sharkfin |
^ |
up |
@ |
at sign |
@ |
strudle |
@ |
whirlpool |
@ |
spiral |
*args |
stargs |
/ |
slash |
/ |
whack |
/ |
solidus |
\ |
backwhack |
\ |
backslash |
\ |
escape |
& |
pretzel |
& |
ampersand |
_ |
unused variable |
_ |
blank |
_ |
trash |
_ |
wild card |
_ |
don't care |
_ |
whatever |
_ |
meh |
_ |
undervar |
_ |
skid |
_ |
skim |
_ |
underscore |
_ |
disgraceful |
!!! |
mad hype |
!!! |
temporarily reverse the value of this bool to try something out, but it should stand out enough that I don't accidentally leave it in. |
!!! |
tribble |
!!! |
Tri-not |
!!! |
Yoda operator |
!!! |
bang bang bang |
' |
sparks |
" |
rabbit ears |
? |
question mark |
? |
what |
$ |
big money |
$ |
dollar |
% |
double-oh-seven |
% |
mod |
% |
percent |
%> |
ice cream cone |
%> |
waffle cone |
&. |
lonely operator |
&. |
safe navigation operator |
<<~ |
squiggly heredoc |
-@ |
unary operator |
+@ |
unary operator |
<<- |
heredoc |
&:-@ |
surprise |
| trailing comma | the Livingston-Gray comma |
.. |
range |
.. |
flip-flop |
... |
here be dragons |
... |
ellipsis |
&& |
and |
| ` |
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- http://parley.rubyrogues.com/t/operator-nicknames/704/13
- rubygems/rubygems#123
- CocoaPods/Core#76
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/octothorpe
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slash_(punctuation)#Currency
- https://ruby-operators.herokuapp.com
- thoughtbot/guides#381
- https://github.com/bf4/learning/blob/gh-pages/ruby/operators.md
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1345843/what-does-the-question-mark-operator-mean-in-ruby
- http://symbolhound.com
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8476627/what-do-you-call-the-operator-in-ruby
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2259775/what-do-you-call-the-operator-in-ruby
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2015/12/25/ruby-2-3-0-released
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/664978/what-do-you-call-the-operator-in-ruby-when-its-used-for-appending-stuff
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2697024/what-are-and-in-ruby/2697187#2697187
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1217088/what-does-mapname-mean-in-ruby#comment4137004_1217088
- http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/A/ASCII.html
- http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/intercal-man/tonsila.html
- https://twitter.com/HaggardHawks/status/713966036337303552
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