From: Christer Nilsson Date: 2005-12-21T08:32:37+09:00 Subject: Re: iterate chars in a string >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >| QuickBench Session Started | >| 300 Iterations | >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > user system total real >1. s.each_byte{|b| b.chr ... 2.656000 0.000000 2.656000 ( >2.669000) each_char should beat the current leader as b.chr is not needed. Strange it is not a part of Ruby as the char is the most natural part of a string. Christer -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.