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What are the three levels of access control for methods in Ruby?
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- public: Can be called from anywhere (default)
- protected: Can be called by instances of the same class or subclasses
- private: Can only be called within the same instance (no explicit receiver)
class MyClass
def public_method; end
protected
def protected_method; end
private
def private_method; end
end
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