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pack method
     binary files
     strings, encoding/decoding base64 strings
packaging/distributing code
     RAA
     RDoc
         advanced formatting
         simple markups
         simple source files
     RubyForge
     RubyGems
     setup.rb library
paired delimiters, strings
parallel iterators, threads
parameters
     arrays, collapsing into
     default parameters, detecting
     threads, passing into
parametric classes, creating
parent? method
parentheses ( () )
     method calls
     methods
     strings
ParseDate module
parsing
     command-line options
     XML, REXML
parts (Nitro)
pass method, threads
path method, file pathnames
Pathname class
Pathname library, rmtree method
pathnames
PDF::Writer data format
     example document
     quadrant method
peer-to-peer servers
percent sign (%)
     %Q notations, strings
     %U specifiers, finding week of the year
     %W specifiers, finding week of the year
     base number conversions
     formatting numbers for output
     String class
performance, measuring 2nd [See also OOP (object-oriented programming), classes, testing.]
     Array#each method
     Benchmark.bm method
     Benchmark.measure method
permissions, files
     set-group-id bits
     set-user-id bits
     sticky bits
PGconn class
PGlarge class, methods of
PGresult class, methods of
phone numbers, matching (regex)
pid method, process manipulation
pipe methods
pipelines, compiler pipelines
pipes (|)
     opening
     operators 2nd
     reading
     Ruby interpreter
     threads
     writing
     || operators 2nd
platforms (Ruby), determining current platforms
Play method
plugins, Ruby on Rails
plus sign (+) operators, mathematical sets
po-files (portable object files)
poetry mode
pointers, dangling
polar class method
polymorphism
     inheritance
     interface
POP (Post Office Protocol) servers, network client interaction
pop method, threads
popdir method
postal codes, matching (regex)
PostgreSQL, interfacing to
pound sign (#)
     #{} notation, strings 2nd
     comments 2nd
     instance methods 2nd
     strings 2nd
ppid method, process manipulation
pretest loops
prettyprinting objects
prime factorization (numbers)
     GCD
     LCM
prime numbers
prime_division method
print statements, Fahrenheit and Celsius temperature conversion sample program
printf method, base number conversion
printing
     date/time values
     hours
     minutes
     objects, converting objects to printable representations
     seconds
     special characters, strings
priority accessors, threads
private method 2nd
private_class_method
private_instance_methods
private_methods
Proc objects
process manipulation
program execution, monitoring
programs
     embedded data, reading
     sources, reading
protected method 2nd
protected_instance_methods
protected_methods
prototype-based OOP (object-oriented programming)
pseudovariables
     examples of
     self, classes
PStore library
     deleting roots
     interrupting transactions
     object storage
public method 2nd
public_instance_methods
push method, threads
pushdir method
putc method, single character outputs
puts method, string conversions