From: Harry Kakueki <list.push@...>
Date: 2009-07-21T12:04:03+09:00
Subject: Re: getting char from string as fixnum in 1.8 and 1.9

> preferably without the RUBY_VERSION test, without adding methods to
> String, and without losing much efficiency compared with 1.8's String#[].
>
>

This may not be pretty, but you do not need to add anything.
It works on 1.8.6, 1.8.7, and 1.9.0 if byte is good enough.

s[2..2].each_byte{|f| p f}


Harry

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