Ruby: Convert a string to an array of characters

You can also do "test".split("")

That would include spaces, the scan only returns what matches the regex. Nice find!

Thank You. I used .scan instead of .split to make a small improvement in this 'Rubymonk module' lesson (second code from the bottom of the page)

https://rubymonk.com/learning/books/1-ruby-primer/chapters/35-modules/lessons/80-modules-as-namespaces#solution4151

"This is the bee's knees".chars will do the job

"This is the bee's knees".chars also includes spaces. Using #scan does not include them.

Thank you this was helpful - I actually needed the spaces so thanks @maycry for the .chars tip

"This is the bee's knees".chars.to_a

"This is the bee's knees".tr(" ' ", "").split.join('').split('') # All chars that may need to be removed from string may be placed in 1st parm of #String.tr method