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back-ticks [See grave accents.]
backquotes [See grave accents.]
backreferences, regex
backticks (`), command output substitution
base conversions (numbers)
base64 strings, encoding/decoding
basename method, file pathnames
bck-quotes [See grave accents.]
begin keyword
begin-end blocks
     ensure clauses
     exceptions
Benchmark.bm method, measuring Ruby performance
Benchmark.measure method, measuring Ruby performance
BigDecimal objects
Bignums
binary files
binary trees
     implementing
     lookup tables
     sorting
binmode method, binary files
blankspaces, syntax errors
blksize method, file sizes
blockdev? method
blocks
     brace-delimited
     braces ({})
     do-end
     initialize method
     iterators 2nd
     Kernel#trace_var method
     methods, passing to
     set_trace_func method
     strings, delaying interpolation
     syntax
blocks method, file sizes
blogs, Ruby
Boolean operations
Boolean types
brace-delimited blocks
braces ({})
     blocks
     strings
brackets ( [] )
     mathematical sets, creating
     strings
branches
break keyword, loops
break statements
breakpointers (Ruby on Rails)
buffering/unbuffering I/O (input/output)
button widgets (GUI)
     FXRuby
     Ruby/GTK2
     Ruby/Tk
buttons (radio)
     FXRuby
     QtRuby
     Ruby/GTK2
     Ruby/Tk
bytes
     character correspondences (I18N)
     defining
     order architectures
     precomposed/decomposed forms table