From: Luke Worth <luke@...>
Date: 2005-07-09T21:46:56+09:00
Subject: Strings vs arrays

Hi.

I am wanting to parse large files (of source code) by reading byte by
byte and converting certain patterns into different strings. I can think
of a couple of ways to do this (starting with the source code in a
String):
     1. String#split(//) -> array, then use Array#shift (maybe slow to
        convert to array?)
     2. Keep a counter and use String#[] (which seems unrubyish to me)

Which of these would be preferable? Does anyone know of any better ways?
-- 
Luke Worth