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instance method

String#initialize_copy

str.replace(other_str) -> str

VALUE
rb_str_replace(VALUE str, VALUE str2)
{
    str_modifiable(str);
    if (str == str2) return str;

    StringValue(str2);
    str_discard(str);
    return str_replace(str, str2);
}

Replaces the contents of str with the corresponding values in other_str.

Example

s = "hello"         #=> "hello"
s.replace "world"   #=> "world"

See also #index #insert #include? #inspect also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1

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