From: warhero <beingthexemplary@...>
Date: 2006-12-01T05:55:04+09:00
Subject: Re: simple question, looping through each character in a string

does anyone know how you will accomplish the same thing in ruby 1.9?



On Nov 30, 3:09 pm, m...@tidbits.com (matt neuburg) wrote:
> warhero <beingthexemplaryli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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] -> 116What I do is this:
>
>     the_string.scan(/./).each do |char|
>
> However, do note that, as others have said, in Ruby 1.9 this will no
> longer be necessary (though it will still work). m.
>
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