From: J-H Johansen <ondemannen@...>
Date: 2011-01-14T02:15:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Weird error using String#[]

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Hi there,

Normally when I see similiar behaviour it's because of "hidden" characters.

Do you have a hidden \r (0x0D, decimal 13) in the text you're reading ?


On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 6:01 PM, Jason Mcdonald <finn0013@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Robert. The original post has the script with both expected and
> unexpected outcomes. What you show with the encoding screwing up the
> offsets makes total sense.
>
> What I'm at a loss for is why it affects the hard coded portion of the
> string passed to puts:
>
> Example:
> puts "ret: #{ret}"
>
> Output:
> Oet: [part but not all of the expected string - 2 chars too short]
>
> At this point I plan on using Nokogiri but I am really curious what is
> causing what I describe above. This is a weirdness for how strings /
> puts works that I'd like to understand and keep in mind going forward.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>


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