DEV Community: Grace Do

Shovel operation in Ruby

Grace Do — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 16:49:56 +0000

An alternative way for string concatenation.

str1 = "This is a new string"
str2 = ". This is a new sentence."
result = str1 << str2
puts result

Output:

This is a new string. This is a new sentence.

String interpolation

Grace Do — Fri, 17 May 2024 13:48:09 +0000

In JavaScript, string interpolation must be enclosed in the backticks:

`The count is ${num}`

In Ruby, string interpolation is written as a normal string, with single or double quotes:

"The count is #{num}"

Ruby .. and ...

Grace Do — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:49:41 +0000

num1..num2: from num1 to num2, including num2
num1...num2: from num1 to num2-1, not including num2

TIL

Grace Do — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 16:23:41 +0000

Just learned about linktr.ee and why it became popular with the use of social media.

Yesterday I learned

Grace Do — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 15:56:10 +0000

How to use Codespaces environment to directly code and commit to Github without installing an IDE on my local machine (also saved me the trouble of changing the git branch from 'master' to 'main').