Ruby gives us many options and choices, can it be too much ???

Question

e.g
puts, print, p, ', ", putc etc.
Try this : nl means new line

puts "'''" ''' + nl
puts '"""' """ + nl
print "'''" ''' without nl
print '"""' """ without nl
puts nl only
p "'''" ''' in double quotes + nl
p '"""' \"\"\" in double quotes changed from single quotes + nl
p '' only double quotes changed from single quotes + nl
p expected nl but nothing, probably it's variable p, not a method p
putc "'''" ' first char only without nl
putc '"""' " first char only without nl

But it's difficult to learn all of this nuances!!!
Sometimes, I've a big mish-mash!!!

Answer 1

too much
true
but usage will make you learn it
after you are at ease with the core, you'll like very much the extra !

Answer 2

You don't need to learn every single method which do the same thing and about p, puts, print these are different from each other !

Answer 3

there's a choice you are not needed to learn them all. choose the one you want to use we have a choice!!!

Answer 4

But, if you want to make the best choice, you need to know every single method, in other case, you can lose the best way. So, you should know all options, variants, differences & nuances.
Programming isn't easy. Good coding is hard!!!

Answer 5

@krishns p is less well known than print and puts . It is similar to puts in that it adds a newline, but rather than calling to_s , p calls inspect 

Answer 6

yes agree!
I think it's 2 much...

Answer 7

ekansh isn't p a shortcut to puts ?
I like using p instead of print or puts

Answer 8

@Janusz
i came to know about it from comments section i assumed it was a shorthand for puts.

thanks @Ekansh

Answer 9

SoloLearn doesn't mention about p method.
I've known about it from our community.