From: Yui NARUSE Date: 2010-11-12T01:30:32+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:33143] [Archive91-Backport#4028][Assigned] substring selection and utf8 encoding problem Issue #4028 has been updated by Yui NARUSE. Status changed from Open to Assigned Assigned to set to Yuki Sonoda Priority changed from High to Normal Confirmed: ruby 1.9.1p430 (2010-08-16 revision 28997) [x86_64-freebsd8.1] ruby-1.9.1-p378 > word = "Coordinador de ONG's do Pa��s Valenciano" => "Coordinador de ONG's do Pa��s Valenciano" ruby-1.9.1-p378 > substr = word[word.length-1,word.length] => "o\x00\x00\x01\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00" ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/4028 ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org