{"id":212079,"date":"2024-11-20T02:27:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T02:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/namso-gen.co\/blog\/are-ruby-methods-passed-by-value-or-reference\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T02:27:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T02:27:49","slug":"are-ruby-methods-passed-by-value-or-reference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/namso-gen.co\/blog\/are-ruby-methods-passed-by-value-or-reference\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Ruby methods passed by value or reference?"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the fundamental concepts in programming is how data is passed to methods. In Ruby, the answer to the question of whether methods are passed by value or reference can be a bit nuanced. The short answer is that Ruby methods are passed by value, but what is actually passed is a reference to the object in memory.<\/p>\n

When a method in Ruby is called with an argument, a reference to the object is passed to the method. This means that if you modify the object inside the method, the changes will also be reflected outside of the method. However, if you reassign the parameter to a new object inside the method, it won’t affect the original object outside of the method.<\/p>\n

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