From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2004-10-26T02:15:03+09:00
Subject: Re: [rcr] String#first / String#last

Robert Klemme wrote:
> "trans. (T. Onoma)" <transami@runbox.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>>On Sunday 24 October 2004 11:54 pm, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
>>| It already has "to_a" which works line-wise.  Perhaps something called
>>| "explode" in other language is what you want.
>>
>>Believe their is an RCR for #chars
>>
>>  def chars
>>    split(//)
>>  end
> 
> This does not yield characters but strings with length 1.  Note also that
> there is String#each_byte which is often sufficient.

In my mind, I blur the distinction between chars and "length 1" strings.

I am fully aware of the difference, but I rarely have need of characters
as Fixnums.

Ruby in the future (as I understand it) will also blur this distinction
further: Apparently ?x will be the same as "x" and "abc"[1] will be "b".


Hal