From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto) Date: 2001-05-28T01:00:04+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:15805] Re: Check a few characters of a string: How? Hi, In message "[ruby-talk:15801] Re: Check a few characters of a string: How?" on 01/05/27, Chris Moline writes: |Why is it like that anyway?? Wouldn't it be more useful to have array[i] return |the char instead of the number?? You might not know the definition of characters can cause very hot and neverending debate among some kind of people (e.g. I18N folks). matz.