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class method

RubyVM::AbstractSyntaxTree.parse

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

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.1.3/ast.rb, line 32
def self.parse string, keep_script_lines: false
  Primitive.ast_s_parse string, keep_script_lines
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 · 3.0