Ruby - String String

Introduction

Consider the following code

Demo

puts "Hello, world!"

Result

A string is a collection of textual characters.

It may include digits, letters, whitespace, and symbols of any length.

All strings in Ruby are objects of the String class:

Demo

puts "Hello, world!".class

Result

Strings can be included in operations, added to, and compared against.

You can assign strings to variables:

Demo

x = "Test" 
y = "String" 
puts "Success!" if x + y == "TestString"

Result

Related Topics

• String across multiple lines
• String Expressions
• String literal single quote vs double quote
• Using embedded evaluation in double-quoted strings
• Doing math in double-quoted string
• String in Backquotes
• Call system command in double-quoted strings
• String in comma
• String indexed using negative values
• Record separator $/
• Modifying Receivers and Yielding New Objects

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