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class method

RubyVM::AbstractSyntaxTree.parse

RubyVM::AbstractSyntaxTree.parse(string) → RubyVM::AbstractSyntaxTree::Node

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.0.5/ast.rb, line 34
def self.parse string
  Primitive.ast_s_parse string
end

Parses the given string into an abstract syntax tree, returning the root node of that tree.

SyntaxError is raised if the given string is invalid syntax.

Example

RubyVM::AbstractSyntaxTree.parse("x = 1 + 2")
# => #<RubyVM::AbstractSyntaxTree::Node:SCOPE@1:0-1:9>

See also .of .parse_file also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1