From: "Florian Aßmann" <florian.assmann@...>
Date: 2007-06-15T09:41:21+09:00
Subject: Re: lose the first character

Check String.[] and Range

'hhelo'[ 1 .. -1 ] # for example...

Am 15.06.2007 um 02:35 schrieb Colin Summers:

>        r = r.reverse.chop.reverse  # remove the first character
>
> That works, but I bet there's a nicer method. What do people use? I
> thought there would be a pohc method (chop, in reverse).
>
> Thanks.
>
> (pickaxe is up in the other window, I see other ways, but I am curious
> if people use one clear word, like chop!)
>