From: MonkeeSage Date: 2006-09-27T10:45:09+09:00 Subject: Re: string#[] gwtmp01@mac.com wrote: > I think in future Ruby versions it is going to be something like: In 1.9 it's #ord: 1.8: 'a'[0] # => 97 'a'[0,1] # => a 'a'[0..0] # => a 1.9: 'a'[0] # => a 'a'.ord # => 97 Regards, Jordan