Ruby equivalent of Python's “dir”?

Question

In Python we can \"dir\" a module, like this:

>>> import re
>>> dir(re)

And it lists all functions in the module. Is ther

Answer 1

Not really. Like the others said, you can get part of what you want by listing class instance methods (e.g. String.instance_methods) but that doesn't help you if a file you open reopens a class (unless you check before and after).

If you don't need programmatic access to the list of methods, consider checking out the documentation for a class, module or method using the ri command line tool.