From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2007-01-23T10:25:04+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.

If you *want* this to error, use

irb(main):001:0> Integer("1 2")
ArgumentError: invalid value for Integer: "1 2"
         from (irb):4:in `Integer'
         from (irb):4

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