From: James Harrison <oscartheduck@...>
Date: 2010-07-14T06:50:50+09:00
Subject: Re: What does this do?


On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:26 PM 7/13/10, Abder-Rahman Ali wrote:

> I have this portion of code from "Why's poignant guide to Ruby" book.
> 
> str = "A string is a long shelf of letters and spaces" # Nice definition
> :-)
> puts str[0..-1]
> puts str[1..-2]
> 
> I just want to ask. Does the preceding code REMOVE what is BETWEEN the
> range?

no

> I just concluded that from the result I get and want to make
> sure.
> 


I've seen you a couple of times today. Do you know what irb is? I don't think you do, but I want to make sure. It'll help reading why's guide (which is where I learned ruby too...)

> Thanks.
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