From: MikeGee <michaelpgee@...>
Date: 2007-01-23T09:50:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Placing tabs in strings in irb

Michael W. Ryder wrote:
> 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.


a = "1\t2\t3\t4"