From: Thiago Massa <thiagown@...>
Date: 2011-03-03T14:32:38+09:00
Subject: Re: How can i get the first letter of this string

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irb(main):023:0> bacon="chunky"
=> "chunky"
irb(main):024:0> bacon[0]
=> 99
irb(main):025:0> bacon[0].chr
=> "c"

99 is the ascii number that represents the letter 'c'.

I think that explains what you want.

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Thiago Fernandes Massa
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