Upper/lower case version of a string
"test".downcase "test".upcase
Check if a string contains another string
my_string.include? "target"
Replace in string
stringVar.gsub("replacewhat","withthis") # add ! to replace in-place
Length of array
arrVar.length
Try/Catch exception handling
begin error_code_here() rescue handle_error() end
Ternary/conditional operator:
result = condition ? if_true : if_false