Ruby | Symbol next function

Symbol#next() : next() is a Symbol class method which returns the next symbol object.

Syntax: Symbol.next()

Parameter: Symbol values

Return: the next symbol object.

Example #1 :

# Ruby code for Symbol.next() method

# declaring Symbol
a = :aBcDeF

# declaring Symbol
b = :"\u{e4 f6 fc}"

# declaring Symbol
c = :ABCDEF

# Symbol
puts "Symbol a : #{a}\n\n"
puts "Symbol b : #{b}\n\n"
puts "Symbol c : #{c}\n\n\n\n"


# next form
puts "Symbol a next form : #{a.next}\n\n"
puts "Symbol b next form : #{b.next}\n\n"
puts "Symbol c next form : #{c.next}\n\n"

Output :

Symbol a : aBcDeF

Symbol b : äöü

Symbol c : ABCDEF



Symbol a next form : aBcDeG

Symbol b next form : äöý

Symbol c next form : ABCDEG

Example #2 :

# Ruby code for Symbol.next() method

# declaring Symbol
a = :geeks

# declaring Symbol
b = :"\u{e5 f6 f3}"

# declaring Symbol
c = :GEEKS

# Symbol
puts "Symbol a : #{a}\n\n"
puts "Symbol b : #{b}\n\n"
puts "Symbol c : #{c}\n\n\n\n"


# next form
puts "Symbol a next form : #{a.next}\n\n"
puts "Symbol b next form : #{b.next}\n\n"
puts "Symbol c next form : #{c.next}\n\n"

Output :

Symbol a : geeks

Symbol b : åöó

Symbol c : GEEKS



Symbol a next form : geekt

Symbol b next form : åöô

Symbol c next form : GEEKT