From: Bertram Scharpf <lists@...>
Date: 2007-08-13T15:04:28+09:00
Subject: Re: first and last char

Hi,

Am Sonntag, 12. Aug 2007, 02:43:00 +0900 schrieb Felix Windt:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: botp [mailto:botpena@gmail.com] 
> > Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 10:30 AM
> > 
> > wish there were #first and #last in String
> 
> irb(main):001:0> class String
> irb(main):002:1> def first
> irb(main):003:2> self.split('').first
> irb(main):004:2> end
> irb(main):005:1> def last
> irb(main):006:2> self.split('').last
> irb(main):007:2> end
> irb(main):008:1> end
> => nil
> irb(main):009:0> "testing".first
> => "t"
> irb(main):010:0> "testing".last
> => "g"

Sometimes I wish every young programmer was forced to do a
month in Assembler and another one in C just to see what
cost in time and space some constructions cause.

Sorry, Felix!

Bertram


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