newbie question

[cmic]

Hello

I noticed the following example somewhere

def mymethod(opts)
p opts
end
mymethodaaa => "something")

I'm wondering what this :aaa stands for. If I omit the
colon before the dummy aaa, it doesn't works.

Thanks for any hint/light.

 

[Luis Lavena]

Hello

I noticed the following example somewhere

def mymethod(opts)
p opts
end
mymethodaaa => "something")

I'm wondering what this :aaa stands for. If I omit the
colon before the dummy aaa, it doesn't works.

Is because 'aaa' is undefined, while :aaa is a symbol

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