From: Newbie <none@...>
Date: 2006-09-27T01:15:14+09:00
Subject: Re: string#[]

That answers what?, which I already knew. I'm asking why?

Thomas Adam wrote:
>> 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
> 
> It tells you why in "ri String#[]":
> 
> ``
> Element Reference---If passed a single +Fixnum+, returns the code
> of the character at that position. If passed two +Fixnum+ objects,
> returns a substring starting at the offset given by the first, and
> a length given by the second. If given a range, a substring
> containing characters at offsets given by the range is returned.
> ''
> 
> -- Thomas Adam
>