Scoping of special variables

Hello,

I am somewhat new to ruby and I was curious about certain details of the
language. Do special variables have global or local scope?

Regards,

Carter.

If it starts with a $, it’s global. I suppose you mean special
variables like $: - they’re global as well.

– Matma R.

take a look here:

Ruby Programming/Syntax/Variables and Constants - Wikibooks, open books for an open world

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