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Strings

How to use, process, parse and manipulate strings in Ruby.
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Understanding 'String Literals' in Ruby
The basics of strings, string interpolation, single and double quotes, escape sequences and alternate string literal syntaxes.
Getting and Printing Strings
How to read and print strings in Ruby.
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Splitting Strings
Unless user input is a single word or number, that input will need to be split, or turned into a list of strings or numbers.
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How to Use String Substitution in Ruby
Splitting a string is only one way to manipulate string data. You can also make substitutions to replace one part of a string with another string. For instance, in an example string "foo,bar,baz", replacing "foo" with "boo" in "foo,bar,baz" would yield "boo,bar,baz". You can do this and many more things using the sub and gsub method in the String class.
String Documentation
The official documentation for Ruby's String class.
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Using the 'split' Method in Ruby
String manipulation using the split method in Ruby. Split strings into a list of substrings.
Importance of Strings and Substrings in Ruby
Using and manipulating strings and substrings in Ruby.
Iterating Over Strings
It's not a very common thing in Ruby. You have more sophisticated string tools (such as split or scan), but there are times when you'd want to iterate over the characters in a string. Unicode complicates this matter, but Ruby makes it simple.