Constants

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Syntax

MY_CONSTANT_NAME = “my value”

Remarks

Constants are useful in Ruby when you have values that you do not want to be mistakenly changed in a program, such as API keys.

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Constants:

*Constants

*Define a constant

*Modify a Constant

*Constants cannot be defined in methods

*Define and change constants in a class

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