Let us recap the basics of Ruby in Codecademy!
Ruby takes strings, booleans, and numbers as variables
my_num = 25
my_boolean = true
my_string = "Ruby"
Variables are declared as with a variable name and equal sign
my_num = 100
Ruby allows for all mathematical symbols ...
Addition (+)
Subtraction (-)
Multiplication ()
Division (/)
Exponentiation (*)
Modulo (%) => remainder
Puts and Print
Print - prints it to the screen
puts - adds a blank line and then puts the variable
Popular Methods
.length => number of characters in a string
.reverse
.upcase
.downcase
How to comment
single line comment uses => #
multi line comment ...
#
=begin
hello
this
is
just
comments
=end
Multiple words in a variable name is ok as long as you use an underscore in between words
this_is_my_long_variable =
Getting an input from the user
Ask a question and then set a prompt using gets.chomp
print "What is your last name? "
last_name = gets.chomp
#Use methods to get the the user input in the correct format
ex. last_name.capitalize!
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