From: Rik Hemsley <rik@...>
Date: 2002-04-10T11:15:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Easy character comparisons

#if Sean O'Dell
> Today I spent a little time debugging something I "didn't expect."  I
> evaluated (using if) string[index] against a single character in a string
> and for awhile, I couldn't figure out why it wasn't working.  Then I
> realized that string[index] returns a number, not a string containing a
> single character.  Example:
>
>     "string"[0] == "s"  =>  false
>
> I ended up having to change the expression to something like this:
>
>     "string"[0..0] == "s"  =>  true
>
> Is there a more elegant way of doing this sort of comparison?  My fudged
> way seems awkward.

How's this ?

"string"[0] == ?s  => true

I hate the syntax, but that's just the way it is.

Rik