Summary

In this chapter, you were introduced to the string data type and how it can be utilized in Ruby. We analyzed how to pass strings into Ruby processes by leveraging string interpolation. You also learned the methods of basic string manipulation and how to find and replace string data. We analyzed how to break strings into smaller components along with how to clean up string-based data. We even introduced the Array class in this chapter. Don't worry, we're going to dedicate an entire section to collections later in the book, to understand arrays better.

In the next chapter, we're going to transition away from strings and we'll walk through how Ruby works with numbers.