From: Newbie <none@...>
Date: 2006-09-26T22:06:18+09:00
Subject: string#[]

This must be a common newbie question, but I can't find the answer.

Why does string#[] return an ASCII code, rather than a character?

"abc"[1,2] #-> "bc"
"abc"[1..2] #-> "bc"
"abc"[1] #-> 98