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instance method

RubyVM::AbstractSyntaxTree::Node#type

() -> ::Symbol

node.type → symbol

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.1.0-preview1/ast.rb, line 134
def type
  Primitive.ast_node_type
end

Returns the type of this node as a symbol.

Example

root = RubyVM::AbstractSyntaxTree.parse("x = 1 + 2")
root.type # => :SCOPE
lasgn = root.children[2]
lasgn.type # => :LASGN
call = lasgn.children[1]
call.type # => :OPCALL

See also #tokens #source also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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