From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2009-05-09T17:22:30+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby string slice/[] w/ range, weird end behavior (RANT)

On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 3:12 AM, Eleanor McHugh
<eleanor@games-with-brains.com> wrote:
> On 9 May 2009, at 01:23, Gary Yngve wrote:
>>
>> Are replies to this group always like this?
>>
>> someone blindly posts the doc without reading that I already posted
>> the doc or reading my example (like an implicit RTFM)
>> other folks automatically assume I'm a newb and respond in five
>> seconds without fully reading my post or thinking about their own post
>
> Yes. We all have our moron moments. After all, the String.[] documentation
Speak for yourself, I am *always* a moron (luckily I have no idea what
that means).
> clearly states:
>
>     Element Reference---If passed a single +Fixnum+, returns a
>     substring of one character at that position.
Does it?
Well I guess so, for Ruby1.8.* ;)
OP will be pleased with Ruby1.9 I guess.
Cheers
Robert