From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2004-11-11T20:08:32+09:00
Subject: Re: array.each restart when array is changed


"Shashank Date" <sdate@everestkc.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:4192B183.3070204@everestkc.net...
> Kevin B�rgens wrote:
> > Second question:
> > why is this not allowed
>
> Because 'a' does not automagically cast to Fixnum.
> You have to do 'a'[0] to do that and .chr to get back the
> character.
>
> > #show me the first n letters of the alphabet
> > ('a'...'a'+gets.to_i).each{|e| puts e }
>
> Try this:
>
> ('a'[0]...'a'[0]+gets.to_i).each{|e| puts e.chr}

>> (?a ... ?a+10).each {|c| puts c.chr}
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
=> 97...107

Regards

    robert