From: warhero <beingthexemplarylists@...>
Date: 2006-12-01T03:15:08+09:00
Subject: simple question, looping through each character in a string

how can I accomplish something like this in ruby:

pseudo code:

word = "picture"
for( i = 0; i < word.length; i++ )
{
    puts( word.substr(i,1) )
}


ruby?

I've tried something like:

word = "picture"
word.each { |char| puts char }

but that doesn't do what I am wanting. it ends up just putting the
entire word "picture"

I've also tried:

word = "picture"
for i in 0..word.length - 1
 puts word[i]
end

that just puts out ascii numbers..

I thought strings could be access like arrays?
word = "picture"
puts word[0] -> 116


thanks all

-rubynube