From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2008-05-27T06:32:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Why "ABCDE"returns an integer instead of 'A' ?

I単aki Baz Castillo wrote:
> Hi, I cannot understand how a high level language as Ruby doesn't
> handle a simple thing as C does with strings:
> 
> in C:
>   string = "ABCDE"
>   string[0]
>   => 'A'
> 
> in Ruby:
>   string = "ABCDE"
>   string[0]
>   => 65
> 
> Why 65? it's the Ascii value of A:
>   puts "\x65"
>   => "e"
> 

Repeat after me: "Ruby does not get in your way.  Ruby does not get in 
your way."

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