The **`string.empty?` function** in Ruby returns a `true` value if the string is empty; otherwise, it returns `false`.

Figure 1 shows the visual representation of the `string.empty?` function.


# Syntax

```ruby
string_name.empty?
# string_name is the name of the string
```
# Parameter
This function does not require a parameter.

# Return value

If the string is empty, the `string.empty?` function returns a `true` value. Otherwise, it returns `false`.

# Example
The following code widget shows how the `string.empty?` function is used.

# string with value
str_1='Hello'

print "The string1('Hello') is empty : ", str_1.empty?, "\n"

# empty string
str_2 = ''

print "The string2('') is empty : ", str_2.empty?, "\n"


What is string.empty? in Ruby?

Ruby's `string.empty?` method returns `true` if a string is empty, otherwise it returns `false`.