Tag: strings

A string is a data structure which represents a sequence of characters or bytes. In Ruby, the String class encapsulates this data structure. It exposes operations for manipulating the sequence at both the raw byte level and at the encoded character level.

Episode #608
Composed Regex

Avdi Grimm January 8, 2020

Regular expressions can quickly grow to be large, dense, and impenetrable. In today’s episode you’ll learn how Ruby helps you compose them out of smaller, manageable pieces!

Episode #535
Episode #535: String Cleaning with Avdi

Avdi Grimm July 9, 2018

Master Ruby's power tools for cleaning up and normalizing strings.

Episode 524: Data Munging Play-by-Play Part 2 with Avdi Grimm

Avdi Grimm April 23, 2018

Part 2/2 of a play-by-play of a recent Ruby data-munging coding session. More fun with regexes, lazy enumerators, and more!

Episode 523: Data Munging Play-by-Play Part 1 with Avdi Grimm

Avdi Grimm April 16, 2018

Check out this play-by-play of a recent Ruby data-munging coding session, with commentary on live/fast feedback, lazy enumerators, and more!

How to make your Ruby code work on Windows PCs

Avdi Grimm December 14, 2016

Windows users can feel like second-class-citizens in the Ruby world. Ruby gems and tools often don't work quite right on Windows hosts. But we can fix this. Making your code …