From: Thomas Luedeke <lists@...>
Date: 2013-04-18T05:41:06+09:00
Subject: Re: String index produces unanticipated result

Thanks. I am running Ruby 1.8.7.  That would explain why online irb gave 
me what I expected.

What I used that worked was line[0..4].strip[0..0].   Makes me cringe, 
but it does work.

Thanks for your explanation!

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