From: Michal <lists+rubytalk@...>
Date: 2005-11-28T03:03:01+09:00
Subject: Re: getting character(s) of a string at specified positions.

Hi,

> "How much wood would a wood-chuck chuck if a wood-chuck could chuck wood"
> 
> I would find that the character there is "m".
> 
> How would I find the fifth character?

irb(main):001:0> a="How much wood would a wood-chuck chuck if a wood-chuck could chuck wood"
=> "How much wood would a wood-chuck chuck if a wood-chuck could chuck wood"
irb(main):002:0> a[4,1]
=> "m"

M.
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# Michal Safranek, email:
a=(("a".."z").to_a+["@","."]);p(("%b"%[0x645bbb83a6a496]
).scan(/...../).map{|x|a[Integer("0b"+x)]}.join.reverse)