Ranges in Ruby

Ranges are important aspects, and are widely used in auxiliary modules such as scanners and fuzzers in Metasploit.

Let's define a range, and look at the various operations we can perform on this data type:

irb(main):028:0> zero_to_nine= 0..9
=> 0..9
irb(main):031:0> zero_to_nine.include?(4)
=> true
irb(main):032:0> zero_to_nine.include?(11)
=> false
irb(main):002:0> zero_to_nine.each{|zero_to_nine| print(zero_to_nine)}
0123456789=> 0..9
irb(main):003:0> zero_to_nine.min
=> 0
irb(main):004:0> zero_to_nine.max
=> 9

We can see that a range offers various operations, such as searching, finding the minimum and maximum values, and displaying all the data in a range. Here, the include? function checks whether the value is contained in the range or not. In addition, the min and max functions display the lowest and highest values in a range.