From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>
Date: 2003-08-20T09:05:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie Q: Getting character codes

On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 12:42:20AM +0100, Tim Rowe wrote:
> I need to get at the character code used to represent a character.  I
> realise that "f"[0] will return the code for "f" (102), but I read in
> a FAQ that this behaviour may change, and I can't find any other way
> of doing it.  Would somebody point me to what I am missing, please?

The ? operator is what you're looking for:

irb(main):001:0> puts ?f
102
=> nil
irb(main):002:0> 

-Mark