Comprehensive Ruby Programming

What is string interpolation?

So what exactly is string interpolation? Good question. String interpolation is the process of being able to seamlessly integrate dynamic values into a string.

Let's assume we want to slip dynamic words into a string. We can get the input from the console and store that input into variables. From there, we can call the variables inside of a pre-existing string.

For example, let's give a sentence the ability to change based on a user's input:

puts "Name an animal" animal = gets.chomp puts "Name a noun" noun= gets.chomp p "The quick brown #{animal} jumped over the lazy #{noun}" 

Note the way I insert variables inside the string. They are enclosed in curly brackets and are preceded by a # sign.

If I run this code, ...