Require file without executing code?

Question

Here I have two files:

file.rb

def method
  puts \"This won\'t be outputted.\"
end

puts \"This will be outputted.\"

main.rb

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Answer 1

the if __FILE__ == $0 is nice, but a way more in keeping with ruby's Object Oriented approach is to put all the methods you want access to in a class (as class methods), and then call them from main.rb.

e.g.

file.rb

class MyUtils
    def self.method
        puts "this won't be outputted"
    end
end

and then in main.rb

require "/.file.rb"

and when you want to use your utility methods:

MyUtils.method