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Revision: 2715
at March 31, 2007 08:36 by vanne
Initial Code 
#drop this in .irbrc
class Object
  def search_methods(string)
    search_results = ["--","CLASS METHODS","--"]
    search_results << self.methods.find_all{ |i| i.match(/#{string}/) }.sort 
    search_results << ["--", "INSTANCE METHODS","--"]
    search_results << self.instance_methods.find_all{ |i| i.match(/#{string}/) }.sort
    return y(search_results)
  end
end

# now just call #Object.search_methods "your_search" in irb to find a method
Initial URL 
http://wiki.m001.net/technical/show/.irbrc
Initial Description 
This allows you to search any INSTANCE or CLASS methods of any objects including rails models, which is helpful if you want to see the methods that you created yourself.
Initial Title 
Search Methods in irb
Initial Tags 
ruby
Initial Language 
Ruby