From: Hugh Sasse <hgs@...>
Date: 2006-11-21T05:37:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Why is slice ignoring my fields at the end of the string?

On Tue, 21 Nov 2006, Duane Morin wrote:

> I'm not sure if this is a bug with the slice method, or if I'm just 
> misunderstanding the logic behind it.  If I have a string "1,2,3" that I 
> slice into an array, I get 3 values.

OK, but using what code?
----------------------------------------------------------- String#slice
[...]
     str.slice(fixnum)           => fixnum or nil
     str.slice(fixnum, fixnum)   => new_str or nil
     str.slice(range)            => new_str or nil
     str.slice(regexp)           => new_str or nil
     str.slice(regexp, fixnum)   => new_str or nil
     str.slice(other_str)        => new_str or nil
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[...]

     If a +Regexp+ is supplied, the matching portion of _str_ is
     returned. If a numeric parameter follows the regular expression,
     that component of the +MatchData+ is returned instead. If a
     +String+ is given, that string is returned if it occurs in _str_.
     In both cases, +nil+ is returned if there is no match.

I think you must be using /\d+/ or something.

Maybe what you want is split(/,/) ?

        [...]
> 
> Anybody know if this is the intended behavior, and if so, why?  I'd 

You will need to show us the code.
> D
> 
        Hugh