From: Harry Ohlsen <harryo@...>
Date: 2003-10-09T15:14:55+09:00
Subject: Re: String length/concat problems in Ruby 1.8.0?

Rodman S. Regier wrote:

> Has anyone run into Ruby string length/concatenation problems in
>  Ruby 1.8.0?   One of my associates encountered difficulties when
> storing the output of a program into  a  string.   The program outputs
> only text so there are no issues concerning binary characters causing
> the mess-up.

Can you be more specific about what your colleague was attempting to do and what went wrong?

A code snippet would probably help, if possible.