How to remove double quotes from String in Ruby?

In this article, we will discuss how to remove double quotes from a string using Ruby. We can remove double quotes from strings through different methods ranging from using gsub Method with Regular Expression to delete Method

Removing double quotes from string using gsub Method with Regular Expression

The gsub method replaces all occurrences of double quotes with an empty string

Syntax:

string.gsub(/”/, ”)

Example: In this example, we use gsub method with a regular expression /"/ to remove all occurrences of double quotes from the string.

Ruby

# Example string with double quotes
string = '"Hello, World!"'

# Remove double quotes using gsub method
result = string.gsub(/"/, '')

# Output the result
puts "String without double quotes: #{result}"  # Output: String without double quotes: Hello, World!

Output

true
false

Removing double quotes from string using delete Method

The delete method deletes specified characters from the string and here we use it to remove double quotes from the string

Syntax:

string.delete(‘”‘)

Example: In this example, we use delete method to remove all occurrences of double quotes from the string.

Ruby

# Example string with double quotes
string = '"Hello, World!"'

# Remove double quotes using delete method
result = string.delete('"')

# Output the result
puts "String without double quotes: #{result}"  # Output: String without double quotes: Hello, World!

Output

true
false

Removing double quotes from string using tr Method

The tr method translates characters in the string thus removing the double quotes from staring

Syntax:

string.tr(‘”‘, ”)

Example: In this example we use the tr method to remove all occurrences of double quotes from the string.

Ruby

# Example string with double quotes
string = '"Hello, World!"'

# Remove double quotes using tr method
result = string.tr('"', '')

# Output the result
puts "String without double quotes: #{result}"  # Output: String without double quotes: Hello, World!

Output

true
false