From: Paul Lutus <nospam@...>
Date: 2006-09-27T01:40:14+09:00
Subject: Re: string#[]

Newbie wrote:

> Why not a 1-character string?

A one-character string isn't a character, because a string has the
properties of an array. A character (if there were such a thing in Ruby)
cannot be expanded into two or more characters as a string can.

When you reference a string with a single index, you get back a character
code, but this is as close to a character or character class as exists in
Ruby.

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Paul Lutus
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