What does the fail keyword do in Ruby?

Question

I am learning Ruby and encountered the fail keyword. What does it mean?

if password.length < 8
   fail \"Password too short\"
end
unless  use         


        

Answer 1

www.ruby-doc.org is your friend. When I googled rubydoc fail "Kernel" was the first hit. My advice is, when in doubt, go to the definitive source for definitional stuff like this.