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## Overview

In Ruby, the **`chars` method** is a string method that is used to return an array of characters of a string.

## Syntax
```ruby
str.chars
```
## Parameters
**`str`**: The string that is split into characters by the `chars` method.

## Return value
This method returns an array of characters.

## Code





# create some strings
str1 = "Edpresso"
str2 = "is"
str3 = "the"
str4 = "best"

# get array of characters
a = str1.chars
b = str2.chars
c = str3.chars
d = str4.chars

# print the arrays
puts "#{a}"
puts "#{b}"
puts "#{c}"
puts "#{d}"

## Explanation 

* Lines 1–4: We define four strings, `str1`, `str2`, `str3`, and `str4`.

* Lines 8–11: We split the strings using the `chars` method of the `String` class.

* Lines 14–17: We output the values to the console.

What is the chars method in Ruby?

The chars method in Ruby splits a string into an array of characters.