[ruby-talk:11026] Re: inconsistency

Ernest Ellingson wrote:
> 
> At 03:27 2/18/2001 +0900, you wrote:
> 
> >a = "FooBar"
> >b = a.split(//)
> >b[6,2]          #=> []
> >a[6,2]          #=> nil
> >
> >anyone knows why this last one returns nil instead of "" (empty string) ?
> >
> >matju
> 
> a[6] doesn't exist thus a[6,2] doesn't exist, thus Ruby says "Ain't no such
> thing"

Yes, but b[6] doesn't exist, either, so why should b[6,2] exist?

==== irb session
irb(main):001:0> a = "FooBar"
"FooBar"
irb(main):002:0> b = a.split(//)
["F", "o", "o", "B", "a", "r"]
irb(main):003:0> b[6]
nil
irb(main):004:0> b[6,2]
[]
irb(main):005:0> b[7]
nil
irb(main):006:0> b[7,2]
nil
=====

So it is certainly strange...


Guy N. Hurst

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