# Symbol.all\_symbols

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/symbol-all-symbols/115428>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [September 25, 2007, 8:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/symbol-all-symbols/115428 "2007-09-25T08:10:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![eklerni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/b4bc9f/32.png) [@eklerni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eklerni)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 8:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/symbol-all-symbols/115428/1 "2007-09-25T08:10:17Z")

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def number  
‘mymake\_bar’  
end

p Symbol.all\_symbols.select{|sym|sym.to\_s.include? ‘mymake’}

:‘mymake\_foo’  
:"#{number}"

p Symbol.all\_symbols.select{|sym|sym.to\_s.include? ‘mymake’}  
**END**  
#=\>  
ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 0) [i386-mswin32]  
[:mymake\_foo]  
[:mymake\_bar, :mymake\_foo]  
#=\>  
ruby 1.9.0 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 0) [i386-mswin32\_80]  
[:mymake\_foo]  
[:mymake\_foo]

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**Author:** ![eklerni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/b4bc9f/32.png) [@eklerni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eklerni)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/symbol-all-symbols/115428/2 "2007-09-27T16:24:31Z")

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In message “Re: [ruby-dev:31854] Symbol.all\_symbols”  
on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:09:58 +0900, eklerni  
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**Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/symbol-all-symbols/115428/3 "2007-09-27T20:05:17Z")

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def number  
‘mymake\_bar’  
end

p Symbol.all\_symbols.select{|sym|sym.to\_s.include? ‘mymake’}

:‘mymake\_foo’  
re = :"#{number}"

p Symbol.all\_symbols.select{|sym|sym.to\_s.include? ‘mymake’}  
**END**  
#=\>  
ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 0) [i386-mswin32]  
[:mymake\_foo]  
[:mymake\_bar, :mymake\_foo]  
#=\>  
ruby 1.9.0 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 0) [i386-mswin32\_80]  
[:mymake\_foo]  
[:mymake\_foo, :mymake\_bar]