From: duc nguyen Date: 2011-03-03T16:32:06+09:00 Subject: Re: How can i get the first letter of this string thanks for your help! My strings are in UTF-8 encoding. Ruby version 1.8.7 I just follow your instructions and got the first letter of that string. But i still not get the remainder of string after get the first letter. My problem now is convert the UTF-8 string to ansi string. ex: purpose: change "âêơíũ" to "aeoiu". I really confuse and don't have any way to do that. Regards, -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.