def y we need this in ruby i am beginner of ruby i donot understand what is use of def with out this we make code also i think according to my knowledge it is reserve word
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You need the def keyword to define methods in Ruby. The reason that you need a keyword for this is that the creator of Ruby decided that was the most convenient syntax for method definitions.
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