From: Stefano Crocco <stefano.crocco@...>
Date: 2008-11-25T21:49:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting single char from string -- Simpler solution?

Alle Tuesday 25 November 2008, sa 125 ha scritto:
> Hi -
>
> I'm trying to get a single char from string, but doing it like this
> return the ascii key:
>
> irb(main):060:0> "hello"[0]
> => 104
>
> I know this could be accomplished like this:
>
> irb(main):063:0> "hello".split('')[0]
> => "h"
>
> I'm not too lazy to type, but I was wondering if there's a simpler way I
> overlooked.
>
> Thanks!

"hello"[0,1]

"hello"[0..0]

"hello"[0].chr

I hope this helps

Stefano