---
title: Ruby 2.1
category: Ruby
tags: [Archived]
intro: |
  Quick reference to the [new features in Ruby 2.1](https://www.ruby-lang.org/).
---

### Named arguments with defaults

```ruby
# length is required
def pad(num, length:, char: "0")
  num.to_s.rjust(length, char)
end
```

```ruby
pad(42, length: 6) #=> "000042"
pad(42) #=> #<ArgumentError: missing keyword: length>
```

### Module.prepend

```ruby
prepend(
  Module.new do
    define_method ...
  end
)
```

### References

- http://globaldev.co.uk/2013/03/ruby-2-0-0-in-detail
- http://globaldev.co.uk/2014/05/ruby-2-1-in-detail