運算元優先順序和方法

從最高到最低，這是 Ruby 的優先順序表。高優先順序操作在低優先順序操作之前發生。

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║ Operators             ║                 Operations             ║ Method? ║
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║ .                     ║ Method call (e.g. foo.bar)             ║         ║
║ []  []=               ║ Bracket Lookup, Bracket Set            ║    ✓¹   ║
║ ! ~ +                 ║ Boolean NOT, complement, unary plus    ║    ✓²   ║
║ **                    ║ Exponentiation                         ║    ✓    ║
║ -                     ║ Unary minus                            ║    ✓²   ║
║ * / %                 ║ Multiplication, division, modulo       ║    ✓    ║
║ + -                   ║ Addition, subtraction                  ║    ✓    ║
║ << >>                 ║ Bitwise shift                          ║    ✓    ║
║ &                     ║ Bitwise AND                            ║    ✓    ║
║ | ^                   ║ Bitwise OR, Bitwise XOR                ║    ✓    ║
║ < <= >= >             ║ Comparison                             ║    ✓    ║
║ <=> == != === =~ !~   ║ Equality, pattern matching, comparison ║    ✓³   ║
║ &&                    ║ Boolean AND                            ║         ║
║ ||                    ║ Boolean OR                             ║         ║
║ .. ...                ║ Inclusive range, Exclusive range       ║         ║
║ ? :                   ║ Ternary operator                       ║         ║
║ rescue                ║ Modifier rescue                        ║         ║
║ = += -=               ║ Assignments                            ║         ║
║ defined?              ║ Defined operator                       ║         ║
║ not                   ║ Boolean NOT                            ║         ║
║ or and                ║ Boolean OR, Boolean AND                ║         ║
║ if unless while until ║ Modifier if, unless, while, until      ║         ║
║ { }                   ║ Block with braces                      ║         ║
║ do end                ║ Block with do end                      ║         ║
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一元+和一元 - 用於+obj，-obj 或 -(some_expression)。

Modifier-if，modifier-unless 等用於這些關鍵字的修飾符版本。例如，這是一個修飾符 - 除非表示式：

a += 1 unless a.zero?

具有✓的運算子可以定義為方法。大多數方法的命名與運算子的命名完全相同，例如：

class Foo
  def **(x)
    puts "Raising to the power of #{x}"
  end
  def <<(y)
    puts "Shifting left by #{y}"
  end
  def !
    puts "Boolean negation"
  end
end

Foo.new ** 2     #=> "Raising to the power of 2"
Foo.new << 3     #=> "Shifting left by 3"
!Foo.new         #=> "Boolean negation"

¹括號查詢和括號集方法（[] 和 []=）在名稱後面定義了引數，例如：

class Foo
  def [](x)
    puts "Looking up item #{x}"
  end
  def []=(x,y)
    puts "Setting item #{x} to #{y}"
  end
end

f = Foo.new
f[:cats] = 42    #=> "Setting item cats to 42"
f[17]            #=> "Looking up item 17"

²一元加和一元減運算子被定義為名為+@ 和 -@ 的方法，例如

class Foo
  def -@
    puts "unary minus"
  end
  def +@
    puts "unary plus"
  end
end

f = Foo.new
+f               #=> "unary plus"
-f               #=> "unary minus"

³在 Ruby 的早期版本中，不等式運算子 != 和非匹配運算子 !~無法定義為方法。相反，呼叫了相應的相等運算子 == 或匹配運算子 =~的方法，並且該方法的結果由 Ruby 反轉。

如果你沒有定義自己的 != 或 !~運算子，則上述行為仍然存在。但是，從 Ruby 1.9.1 開始，這兩個運算子也可以定義為方法：

class Foo
  def ==(x)
    puts "checking for EQUALITY with #{x}, returning false"
    false
  end
end

f = Foo.new
x = (f == 42)    #=> "checking for EQUALITY with 42, returning false"
puts x           #=> "false"
x = (f != 42)    #=> "checking for EQUALITY with 42, returning false"
puts x           #=> "true"

class Foo
  def !=(x)
    puts "Checking for INequality with #{x}"
  end
end

f != 42          #=> "checking for INequality with 42"