Basics:
- Strings are a series of characters ‘strung’ together between quotes.
- Single or double quotes can be used to create strings in Ruby.
- Ruby does some extra evaluation on strings that are created with double quotes, such as:
- Escaping characters:
\n , \t , \s
- Using variables and expressions inside:
#{variable or expression}
- Strings with single quotes are rendered as they are, without any special considerations.
Examples:
"Hello World"
# is equivalent to:
'Hello World'
"This is line 1.\nAnd this is line 2."
# returns:
This is line 1.
And this is line 2.
name = "Batman"
"Hello, my name is #{name}!"
# returns:
Hello, my name is Batman!
# Note that for single quotes, ruby doesn't take special consideration for variables or backslashes:
'This is your name:\n#{name}'
# returns:
This is your name:\n#{name}