From: "trans.  (T. Onoma)" <transami@...>
Date: 2004-10-24T22:46:31+09:00
Subject: Re: [rcr] String#first / String#last

On Sunday 24 October 2004 09:32 am, Simon Strandgaard wrote:
| class String
|   def first(n=nil)
      n = (n || 1).to_i
|     raise ArgumentError, "negative string size" if n < 0
|     n = [n, self.size].min
|     self[0, n]
|   end
|   def last(n=nil)
      n = (n || 1).to_i
|     raise ArgumentError, "negative string size" if n < 0
|     n = [n, self.size].min
|     self[-n, n]
|   end
| end

Would you say that's better, or no?

Thanks,
T.