Text Processing
String Methods
Ruby string methods clean, normalize, and split text into useful pieces.
string method
String methods return transformed text or information about the original string.
String Methods
string_methods.rb
Replay: real traced execution (multi-file project)
raw_text = " Ruby Rocks "
clean = raw_text.strip
lower = clean.downcase
words = lower.split
has_ruby = lower.include?("ruby")
puts "clean=#{clean}"
puts "lower=#{lower}"
puts "words=#{words.join(",")}"
puts "has_ruby=#{has_ruby}"
raw_text = " hello world "
clean = raw_text.strip
lower = clean.downcase
words = lower.split
has_ruby = lower.include?("ruby")
puts "clean=#{clean}"
puts "lower=#{lower}"
puts "words=#{words.join(",")}"
puts "has_ruby=#{has_ruby}"
raw_text = " Rails Guide "
clean = raw_text.strip
lower = clean.downcase
words = lower.split
has_ruby = lower.include?("ruby")
puts "clean=#{clean}"
puts "lower=#{lower}"
puts "words=#{words.join(",")}"
puts "has_ruby=#{has_ruby}"
raw_text ← Ruby Rocks , clean ← Ruby Rocks, lower ← ruby rocks
1raw_text→ Ruby Rocks = " Ruby Rocks " #@raw_text=" hello world ", " Rails Guide "23clean→ Ruby Rocks = raw_text.stripRuby Rocks4lower→ ruby rocks = clean.downcaseruby rocks5words→ ["ruby", "rocks"] = lower.split["ruby", "rocks"]6has_ruby→ true = lower.include?("ruby")true78puts "clean=#{cleanRuby Rocks}"9puts "lower=#{lowerruby rocks}"10puts "words=#{words.join(",")ruby,rocks}"11puts "has_ruby=#{has_rubytrue}"outputclean=Ruby Rocks lower=ruby rocks words=ruby,rocks has_ruby=true
raw_text ← hello world , clean ← hello world, lower ← hello world
1raw_text→ hello world = " hello world "23clean→ hello world = raw_text.striphello world4lower→ hello world = clean.downcasehello world5words→ ["hello", "world"] = lower.split["hello", "world"]6has_ruby→ false = lower.include?("ruby")false78puts "clean=#{cleanhello world}"9puts "lower=#{lowerhello world}"10puts "words=#{words.join(",")hello,world}"11puts "has_ruby=#{has_rubyfalse}"outputclean=hello world lower=hello world words=hello,world has_ruby=false
raw_text ← Rails Guide , clean ← Rails Guide, lower ← rails guide
1raw_text→ Rails Guide = " Rails Guide "23clean→ Rails Guide = raw_text.stripRails Guide4lower→ rails guide = clean.downcaserails guide5words→ ["rails", "guide"] = lower.split["rails", "guide"]6has_ruby→ false = lower.include?("ruby")false78puts "clean=#{cleanRails Guide}"9puts "lower=#{lowerrails guide}"10puts "words=#{words.join(",")rails,guide}"11puts "has_ruby=#{has_rubyfalse}"outputclean=Rails Guide lower=rails guide words=rails,guide has_ruby=false