The spaceship method is useful when you define it in your own class and include the Comparable module. Your class then gets the >, < , >=, <=, ==, and between? methods for free.
class Card
include Comparable
attr_reader :value
def initialize(value)
@value = value
end
def <=> (other) #1 if self>other; 0 if self==other; -1 if self<other
self.value <=> other.value
end
end
a = Card.new(7)
b = Card.new(10)
c = Card.new(8)
puts a > b # false
puts c.between?(a,b) # true
# Array#sort uses <=> :
p [a,b,c].sort # [#<Card:0x0000000242d298 @value=7>, #<Card:0x0000000242d248 @value=8>, #<Card:0x0000000242d270 @value=10>]