String and Date classes
Felix Imbanga
Posted on March 20, 2024
String Class
Formal way to create a new object is with the .new
method
.concat
method accepts a number as a method, interprets it as an ASCII code, translates it from a single character, and adds it to the end of an original story.
.concat
can be replaced with +
, you can also drop the .
, as well as the parenthesis.
Data Class
Arguments within pp
p
print
or puts
need to be seperated with a comma or with interpolation. Date.parse()
accepts a string and converts it to a Date
object.
String Interpolation + printing
Alternative to .to_s
Easier when it comes to composing strings
Only double quotes interpolate
pp
shows the gory technical details, which is usually what you want when debugging code. It calls inspect
on whatever object you give it. backend?
puts
calls a method .to_s
on whichever object you give it. Better for human interaction, frontend?
\n
represents a new paragraph or line break. An active character.
\s
represents a space between within a line.
Single quotes within double quotes is one way to include a string within a string.
If you want double quotes you need to use the escape character backslash.
"\"Felix\""
---> "Felix"
The \
before "
says treat this next quotation as a character not as the string literal syntactic sugar.
ms
= multiline string as long there is one opening and closing quote.
Posted on March 20, 2024
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