From: Tom Sawyer <transami@...>
Date: 2002-07-20T04:32:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Character Code

line[0,1]

although i sometimes get errors with that, so

line[0..0]

seems to work best

line[0] just returns the bytecode. go figure.

~transami


On Fri, 2002-07-19 at 13:21, the Bare wrote:
> 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
> 
> -- 
> "Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one"
>     George Orwell
> 
> 	
> 
> 
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