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Replace multiple characters in ruby strings

Ruby String#tr allows you to replace characters or patterns in strings:

irb(main):001:0> "I love coffee".tr("love", "😍")
=> "I 😍😍😍😍 c😍ff😍😍"

Compare with #gsub:

irb(main):001:0> "I love coffee".gsub("love", "😍")
=> "I 😍 coffee"

If your pattern arg to gsub is only one character consider using #tr, but beware of multi-length from_str arg to #tr

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