From: Mikael Larsson <mikael.x.larsson@...2.se>
Date: 2004-07-04T17:20:28+09:00
Subject: Beginner question

Hi

I wrote about Ruby a year ago, I find it intersting, so I bought "Hal 
Fulton's" book "the Ruby way", but I haven'thad time to read it until now.

Tho book is really good, but the writer don't explain this construction (from 
page 81) (or I haven't found the explanation):

class String
    def rot13
        self.tr!("A-Ma-mN-Zn-z", "N-Zn-zA-Ma-m")
    end
end

str = "Micke"

puts "#{str} become #{str.rot13()}"		#Micke become Zvpxr
puts "#{str} become #{str.rot13()}"		#Zvpxr become Micke
puts "#{str} become #{str.swapcase()}"		#Micke become mICKE

For me looks like we are doing some implicit inherence here, like this:
 class String < String
    def rot13
        self.tr!("A-Ma-mN-Zn-z", "N-Zn-zA-Ma-m")
    end
end

Dose any one have a good explanation?

Regards,
Mike