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instance method

Module#class_variable_set

obj.class_variable_set(symbol, obj) → obj

obj.class_variable_set(string, obj) → obj

static VALUE
rb_mod_cvar_set(VALUE obj, VALUE iv, VALUE val)
{
    ID id = id_for_var(obj, iv, class);
    if (!id) id = rb_intern_str(iv);
    rb_cvar_set(obj, id, val);
    return val;
}

Sets the class variable named by symbol to the given object. If the class variable name is passed as a string, that string is converted to a symbol.

Example

class Fred
  @@foo = 99
  def foo
    @@foo
  end
end
Fred.class_variable_set(:@@foo, 101)     #=> 101
Fred.new.foo                             #=> 101

See also #class_variables #constants #class_variable_get #const_defined? also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1

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