String manipulation guide

In this section, you are going to learn about string manipulation, along with a number of examples of how to integrate string manipulation methods in a Ruby program.

What is string manipulation?

So what exactly is string manipulation? It's the process of altering the format or value of a string, usually by leveraging string methods.

String manipulation code examples

Let's start with an example. Let's say I want my application to always display the word Astros in capital letters. To do that, I simply write this:

"Astros&quot...