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The above method creates an empty string. Alternatively a new string may be created and initialized by passing through a string as an argument to the ''new'' method:
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Another option, if you aren't using escape characters such as new lines (\n) is to use single quote quotes to delimit a string containing double quotes and vice versa:
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When this string is printed to it appears exactly as it was entered, together with all the new lines and tabs:
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== Getting Information About about String Objects ==
The String object includes a number of methods that can be used to obtain information about the string. For example, we can find if a string is empty using the ''empty?'' method:
