From: "Michael W. Ryder" <_mwryder@...>
Date: 2007-01-23T11:05:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Placing tabs in strings in irb

MikeGee wrote:
> 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"
> 

Thank you for the tip.  It is going to be hard to remember which string 
representation to use for what purpose but I guess that is part of 
learning the language.