From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2007-03-27T07:53:02+09:00
Subject: Re: adding anotehr each method to String

On 3/25/07, Une B�vue <unbewusst.sein@wortanschahung.com.invalid> wrote:
> Une B�vue <unbewusst.sein@wortanschahung.com.invalid> wrote:
>
> >
> > exists allready ?
>
> Yes, following :
>
> ms=String.methods
> puts ms.include?('to_a')
>
>
> however :
> s='toto'
> s.to_a
> # => ['toto']

This is because in Ruby a String doesn't act as a collection of
characters, it acts as a collection of lines.

s = "to\nto"
s.to_a => ["to\n", "to"]

"to\nto".each {|l| puts l}
to
to

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