From: Stu Date: 2011-07-26T05:08:03+09:00 Subject: Re: Very Very simple problem Hello amir e. A string is actually considered an abstract data type. Essentially it's an array of chars. treat it as if it's an array to get the answer to your question. another variation of the use of ranges which others have shown you in this thread: x[1..(x.length)] You could challenge yourself and write something that does it with a method instead of a one-liner. ~Stu On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 4:03 AM, amir e. wrote: > Hi > I have a string like "12345678". I want to remove first character. > How can I do this? > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > >