When creating a method without a class in the Rails console, what class is the method under?

Question

Say I did the following while in the rails console:

def test
  puts "hi"
end

I can run test and I see hi in the console. What I am trying to understand is where is this test method attached to? Is it part of a class? Is there a command I can use to determine where the method belongs to?

Thanks!

Perhaps this article will throw some light - [Ruby’s Main Object (Top Level Context)](https://codequizzes.wordpress.com/2014/04/23/rubys-main-object-top-level-context/) — Wand Maker, Oct 01 '16 at 18:01

dnsh · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-01T18:13:42.050

Ruby creates a object of Object class when you run your console, so all methods are private instance methods of Object class, you can run this to verify.

        Object.private_instance_methods.include? :test

So when you define your methods in console It is interpreted to this

class Object
 def test
  puts "hi"
end
end

More explanation

I was wanted to explain this but a detailed article is written on this topic,

https://www.sitepoint.com/rubys-top-self-object/

When creating a method without a class in the Rails console, what class is the method under?

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