From: Roger Pack <rogerdpack2@...>
Date: 2012-01-31T01:27:40+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:42269] Re: Fwd: RCR String#{last, first}

>> and related
>> String#first(n)
>>
>> Feedback welcome.  If none I'll file it on redmine with a patch.
>> -roger-
>
> I like the idea. I'm just not sure if 'last' would be clear enough...
> Don't have another suggestion for now, sorry...

Hmm.  I was thinking "first" and "last" would be good since they would
match Array#last and Array#first but maybe something like first_chars
or something?