From: Lincoln Anderson <ayblinkin@...>
Date: 2007-01-23T10:26:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Placing tabs in strings in irb

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Nathan Smith wrote:
>>
>> Actually, I tried this and it gives a string literal back
>>
>> =>"1\t2\t3\t4"
>>
>> This occurs as well if inserted into a full ruby script (not just irb).
>>
>> Lincoln Anderson
> 
> 
> In irb if you do a="1\t2\t3\t4" it replies with "1\t2\t3\t4". But, if
> you do
> puts a, it gives you: 1       2       3       4.
> 
> The string must be in double quotes for this to work.
> 
>> 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.
> 
> Extraneous characters past the end of a valid number are ignored, according
> to the docs.
> 
> Nate
> 

Okay, shoulda guessed that the "output" from defining a wouldn't be
formatted.  And when I check my ruby script I see that I had it single
quoted, not double-quoted.  Cool, I learneded something today.

Lincoln Anderson
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