From: Sebastian Hungerecker <sepp2k@...>
Date: 2008-09-01T18:19:47+09:00
Subject: Re: arrays, difference of operation...

Mayuresh Kathe wrote:
> b = "hello everybody"
> [...]
> b is an array holding characters

No, it's not. ["a", "b", "c"] is an array containing characters. "hello 
everybody" is a string. String#[] has features that Array#[] does not. Which 
it can have for the very simple reason that those are two different methods 
in two entirely different classes.

> Also, how would I seek an element in a numeric array without referring
> to its index?

Array#find

HTH,
Sebastian
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