From: Pierre-Charles David <Pierre-Charles.David@...>
Date: 2001-08-30T00:44:19+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:20540] Re: (1) ASCII Code, (2) ()-operator

Schaefer, F. wrote:
> Hi Fellows,
> 
> I've two questions to ask:
> 
> 1) how do I compare an integer against let's say '\n' or ' ' 
> 
>    something like 
> 
> 	if value == ' ' or value == '\t' or value == '\n' 
> 
>    I can do it for 'a' by saying ?a ... but how about special
>    characters and whitespace ?


'a'[0] is the same as ?a. Use " "[0], "\t"[0]...

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Pierre-Charles David (pcdavid <at> emn <dot> fr)
DEA Informatique, �cole des Mines de Nantes, France