From: Justin Collins <collinsj@...>
Date: 2006-07-07T09:01:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Accessing strings

Dark Ambient wrote:
> If I something like word = "ruby"
> can't I do something like (I thought it was possible)
>
> word[0] -> r
> word[1] -> u
> word[2] -> b
> word[3] -> y
>
> Trying something like that now and it's giving me "weird" numbers
>
> Yet I'm trying it (both program and irb) and it gives me weird numbers
>
> irb(main):010:0> word = "ruby"
> => "ruby"
> irb(main):011:0> puts word[0]
> 114
> => nil
> irb(main):012:0> puts word[2]
> 98
> => nil
> irb(main):013:0> puts word[3]
> 121
> => nil
>
> So what am I doing wrong ?
> TIA
> Stuart
>

We _just_ discussed this:
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/200453

Also check the documentation.
http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/String.html#M001843

-Justin

-Justin