From: "Michael W. Ryder" <_mwryder@...>
Date: 2007-01-23T09:45:06+09:00
Subject: Placing tabs in strings in irb

Is there any reason I cannot embed tabs in a string while using irb?  I 
am trying to create a string using tabs to separate the various values 
for testing -- i.e. a = '1	2	3	4'.  Using irb it either  ignores the tab 
character or places a random value in the string.
On a related note why is the value for the above string '1' if I use 
a.to_i to display it?  I would have expected an error.