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Comprehensive Ruby Programming

By : Jordan Hudgens
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Comprehensive Ruby Programming

By: Jordan Hudgens

Overview of this book

Ruby is a powerful, general-purpose programming language that can be applied to any task. Whether you are an experienced developer who wants to learn a new language or you are new to programming, this book is your comprehensive Ruby coding guide. Starting with the foundational principles, such as syntax, and scaling up to advanced topics such as big data analysis, this book will give you all of the tools you need to be a professional Ruby developer. A few of the key topics are: object-oriented programming, built-in Ruby methods, core programming skills, and an introduction to the Ruby on Rails and Sinatra web frameworks. You will also build 10 practical Ruby programs. Created by an experienced Ruby developer, this book has been written to ensure it focuses on the skills you will need to be a professional Ruby developer. After you have read this book, you will be ready to start building real-world Ruby projects.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)

String interpolation guide for Ruby

In this section, we are going to talk about string interpolation in Ruby.

What is string interpolation?

So what exactly is string interpolation? Good question. String interpolation is the process of being able to seamlessly integrate dynamic values into a string.

Let's assume we want to slip dynamic words into a string. We can get the input from the console and store that input into variables. From there, we can call the variables inside of a pre-existing string.

For example, let's give a sentence the ability to change based on a user's input:

puts "Name an animal" 
animal = gets.chomp
puts "Name a noun"
noun= gets.chomp
p "The quick brown #{animal...