From: Assaph Mehr Date: 2005-05-19T11:30:14+09:00 Subject: Re: accessing each character of a string Pe�a, Botp wrote: > From this, i think a[1] is the odd one out. > I'd prefer a[1] #=> "e" I tend to agree, but I long since came to believe that Matz knows better than me :-) I'm sure there's a good reason why it's made this way even if it's not immediately obvious.