Ruby Data TypesOnline version Match the ruby data type to its definition AND to an example of that data type. by Melissa Parker 1 Strings 2 Integers 3 Floats 4 Nil 5 Booleans 6 Symbols Used for storing and manipulating text in Ruby. Can include any letter, number or character. "Hello, my name is platypus" Any whole number. Ruby will round down by default when using these numbers. 1000 In order to get decimal values, you must use this data type. 3.0 A special data type which stands for "nothing" If x = [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ], x[ 3 ] will return this data type. This data type can only be true or false. 3 > 4 will return this data type. A special label. It is often used as a hash key. :name
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