Exception: ArgumentError

Inherits:

StandardError

• Object
• Exception
• StandardError
• ArgumentError

Defined in:

error.c

Overview

Raised when the arguments are wrong and there isn't a more specific Exception class.

Ex: passing the wrong number of arguments

[1, 2, 3].first(4, 5)

raises the exception:

ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (2 for 1)

Ex: passing an argument that is not acceptable:

[1, 2, 3].first(-4)

raises the exception:

ArgumentError: negative array size

Method Summary

Methods inherited from Exception

#==, #backtrace, #exception, exception, #initialize, #inspect, #message, #set_backtrace, #to_s

Constructor Details

This class inherits a constructor from Exception