The new method can take a string argument : String.new « String « Ruby






  1. Ruby
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  3. String.new

The new method can take a string argument


title = String.new # => ""
title = String.new( "Much Ado about Nothing" )

title = String.new # => ""
title.empty? # => false
title.length # => 22








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