The new method can take a string argument : String.new « String « Ruby

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Ruby » String » String.new

The new method can take a string argument





title = String.new # => ""

title = String.new( "Much Ado about Nothing" )



title = String.new # => ""

title.empty? # => false

title.length # => 22

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