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Keyword arguments
Learn keyword arguments in Ruby through a focused explanation, a dedicated topic-specific example, an engineering boundary, and a mastery check.
keyword arguments is an atomic Ruby topic inside Methods and Blocks. The example uses the named construct directly so you can see its syntax, data flow, and observable behavior.
Read the code by locating the exact feature named keyword arguments, then trace the value before and after that feature runs. This lesson is intentionally isolated from neighboring topics: changing identifiers alone would not reproduce the same behavior because the construct itself is different.
Topic-specific example
def user(name:, age:)
"#{name}:#{age}"
end
puts user(age:20,name:"A")For keyword arguments, test the boundary that makes the feature meaningful: invalid input, an empty value, a missing branch, lifecycle/cleanup, or a type/runtime constraint. Do not infer correctness only from the happy path.