From: the Bare <grrr@...>
Date: 2002-07-20T04:21:08+09:00
Subject: Character Code

Hi:

My apologies if this is a ridiculously simple question...

Giiven the following code:

     line = file.readline.strip
     # line = '; some line'

     if line[0].to_s == ';'  # false! line[0] = 59, not ';'
         # ...
     end

My problem is, line[0] returns a fixnum, which doesn't compare with the 
';' string.  So... how do perform this comparison?

Thanks,
Cameron

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