From: Josef 'Jupp' Schugt <jupp@...>
Date: 2008-05-26T23:09:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Why "ABCDE"[0] returns an integer instead of 'A' ?

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* I=C3=B1aki Baz Castillo, 2008-05-26, 19:27:

> Hi, I cannot understand how a high level language as Ruby doesn't
> handle a simple thing as C does with strings:
>=20
> in C:
>   string =3D "ABCDE"
>   string[0]
>   =3D> 'A'

$ echo "#include <stdio.h>\nint main() { return 'A';}" > a.c; \
  cc a.c; ./a.out; echo $?
65

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