How to find a module's location
To find a module's location in Ruby, you can follow these steps:
Use the
require
method to load the module into your script. For example, if you want to find the location of thejson
module, you can userequire "json"
.Once the module is loaded, you can use the
method
method on the module object to retrieve the path of the module file. For example, if you want to find the location of thejson
module, you can useputs method(:json).source_location
.The
source_location
method will return an array containing the path to the module's file and the line number where the module is defined.You can use the
File.expand_path
method to get the absolute path of the module file. For example, if the module file path is relative, you can useFile.expand_path(path)
to get the absolute path.
By following these steps, you can find the location of a module in Ruby.