a = "hello there"
a[1] #=> "e"
a[2, 3] #=> "llo"
a[2..3] #=> "ll"
a[-3, 2] #=> "er"
a[7..-2] #=> "her"
a[-4..-2] #=> "her"
a[-2..-4] #=> ""
a[12..-1] #=> nil
a[/[aeiou](.)\1/] #=> "ell"
a[/[aeiou](.)\1/, 0] #=> "ell"
a[/[aeiou](.)\1/, 1] #=> "l"
a[/[aeiou](.)\1/, 2] #=> nil
a["lo"] #=> "lo"
a["bye"] #=> nil
str[fixnum] = new_str
str[fixnum, fixnum] = new_str
str[range] = aString
str[regexp] = new_str
str[regexp, fixnum] = new_str
str[regexp, name] = new_str
str[other_str] = new_str
byteslice(fixnum) → new_str or nil
byteslice(fixnum, fixnum) → new_str or nil
byteslice(range) → new_str or nil
bytesize → integer Returns the length of str in bytes.
bytes {|fixnum| block } → str
bytes → an_enumerator
"hello".gsub(/[aeiou]/, '*') #=> "h*ll*"
"hello".gsub(/([aeiou])/, '<\1>') #=> "h<e>ll<o>"
"hello".gsub(/./) {|s| s.ord.to_s + ' '} #=> "104 101 108 108 111 "
"hello".gsub(/(?<foo>[aeiou])/, '{\k<foo>}') #=> "h{e}ll{o}"
'hello'.gsub(/[eo]/, 'e' => 3, 'o' => '*') #=> "h3ll*"
'hello'.match('(.)\1') #=> #<MatchData "ll" 1:"l">
'hello'.match('(.)\1')[0] #=> "ll"
'hello'.match(/(.)\1/)[0] #=> "ll"
'hello'.match('xx') #=> nil
partition(sep) → [head, sep, tail] click to toggle source
partition(regexp) → [head, match, tail]
a = "cruel world"
a.scan(/\w+/) #=> ["cruel", "world"]
a.scan(/.../) #=> ["cru", "el ", "wor"]
a.scan(/(...)/) #=> [["cru"], ["el "], ["wor"]]
a.scan(/(..)(..)/) #=> [["cr", "ue"], ["l ", "wo"]]
intern → symbol
"Koala".intern #=> :Koala
s = 'cat'.to_sym #=> :cat
s == :cat #=> true
s = '@cat'.to_sym #=> :@cat
s == :@cat #=> true