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Ruby

super & super() in ruby

Can anybody explain super & super() in ruby and what they are good for ?

An example?

1 Answer

As in most object-oriented languages, calling super in Ruby within a method named x simply calls the method x on the current class' parent or super class, assuming it exists.

Check out the top answer here for a decent example.