learn_ruby_ch4_pt1

Question 1

Get information on the String instance method chop

Answer 1

ri String#chop [or] ri String.chop

Question 2

Create a new empty string called title

Validate it is empty

Check its size

Answer 2

title = String.new # => “”

title. empty? # => true
title. length [or] title.size # => 0

Question 3

Show three ways to create a new string of “Much Ado about Nothing”

Answer 3

title = String.new( “Much Ado about Nothing” )

title = String( “Much Ado about Nothing” )

title = “Much Ado about Nothing”

Question 4

Delimit strings with !, [ ], and ( )

Answer 4

comedy = %!As You Like It!
history = %[Henry V]
tragedy = %(Julius Ceasar)

Question 5

Indented “here” document

Answer 5

ind = <<-hello # for indentation
    Hello, Matz!
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