getting character(s) of a string at specified positions.

[Matt Roth]

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Ok, so lets say I have this:

myString =3D gets

I wanted to find what character is at position 5.

so if the use inputs

"How much wood would a wood-chuck chuck if a wood-chuck could chuck wood"

I would find that the character there is "m".

How would I find the fifth character?

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[Michal]

Hi,

"How much wood would a wood-chuck chuck if a wood-chuck could chuck wood"

I would find that the character there is "m".

How would I find the fifth character?

irb(main):001:0> a="How much wood would a wood-chuck chuck if a wood-chuck could chuck wood"
=> "How much wood would a wood-chuck chuck if a wood-chuck could chuck wood"
irb(main):002:0> a[4,1]
=> "m"

M.

 

[Alex Fenton]

"How much wood would a wood-chuck chuck if a wood-chuck could chuck wood"

I would find that the character there is "m".

How would I find the fifth character?

myString[4].chr

or

myString[4, 1]

 

[Austin Ziegler]

"How much wood would a wood-chuck chuck if a wood-chuck could chuck woo= d"

I would find that the character there is "m".

How would I find the fifth character?

myString[4].chr

or

myString[4, 1]

or

myString[4..4]

or

myString[4...5]

-austin