Represents writing to a local variable.

foo = 1
^^^^^^^
Attributes
Read

The name of the local variable, which is an [identifier](github.com/ruby/prism/blob/main/docs/parsing_rules.md#identifiers).

foo = :bar # name `:foo`

abc = 123  # name `:abc`
Read

The number of semantic scopes we have to traverse to find the declaration of this variable.

foo = 1         # depth 0

tap { foo = 1 } # depth 1

The specific rules for calculating the depth may differ from individual Ruby implementations, as they are not specified by the language. For more information, see [the Prism documentation](github.com/ruby/prism/blob/main/docs/local_variable_depth.md).

Read

The value to write to the local variable. It can be any [non-void expression](github.com/ruby/prism/blob/main/docs/parsing_rules.md#non-void-expression).

foo = :bar
      ^^^^

abc = 1234
      ^^^^

Note that since the name of a local variable is known before the value is parsed, it is valid for a local variable to appear within the value of its own write.

foo = foo
Class Methods

Initialize a new LocalVariableWriteNode node.

Return a symbol representation of this node type. See ‘Node::type`.

Instance Methods

Implements case-equality for the node. This is effectively == but without comparing the value of locations. Locations are checked only for presence.

def accept: (Visitor visitor) -> void

def child_nodes: () -> Array[nil | Node]

def comment_targets: () -> Array[Node | Location]

def copy: (?node_id: Integer, ?location: Location, ?flags: Integer, ?name: Symbol, ?depth: Integer, ?name_loc: Location, ?value: Prism::node, ?operator_loc: Location) -> LocalVariableWriteNode

An alias for child_nodes

def deconstruct_keys: (Array keys) -> { node_id: Integer, location: Location, name: Symbol, depth: Integer, name_loc: Location, value: Prism::node, operator_loc: Location }

def inspect -> String

The location of the variable name.

foo = :bar
^^^

def operator: () -> String

The location of the ‘=` operator.

x = :y
  ^

Save the name_loc location using the given saved source so that it can be retrieved later.

Save the operator_loc location using the given saved source so that it can be retrieved later.

Return a symbol representation of this node type. See ‘Node#type`.