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Ruby Ruby Basics (Retired) Ruby Strings String Documentation

Posted by Joseph Ruben
Joseph Ruben
2,752 Points

rules for the !

Is there a way to undo a ! without have to retype the variable?

1 Answer

Gilbert Kennen
Gilbert Kennen
10,661 Points

No.

The bang (!) in Ruby is an expression which returns a boolean value. This boolean value knows nothing of how it came into the world, so there is no un-bang method which will undo it. You will need to retype the variable to use it elsewhere.