instance method
String#initialize_copy
(::string other_string) -> self
initialize_copy(p1)
string.c
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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);
}
Alias of #replace
Replaces the contents of self with the contents of other_string; returns self:
Example
s = 'foo' # => "foo" s.replace('bar') # => "bar"
Related: see Modifying.