From: "F. Senault" <fred@...>
Date: 2010-08-30T00:45:06+09:00
Subject: Re: delete char

Le 29 ao�t 2010 � 14:56, Pen Ttt a �crit :

> pt@pt-laptop:~$ irb
> irb(main):001:0>  'gkhj*&()'[0]
> => 103
> irb(main):002:0>
> 
> can i get  'gkhj*&()'[0]=>g??

Not on every ruby version out there.  You'd be better using this :

>> 'gkhj*&()'[0, 1]
=> "g"
>> 'gkhj*&()'[0..0]
=> "g"

(First is start index, count, the other is start index..end index ; both
work on rubies 1.8 and 1.9 at least.)

Fred
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