Issue #6680 has been updated by drbrain (Eric Hodel). Category set to DOC Assignee set to drbrain (Eric Hodel) Target version set to 2.0.0 ---------------------------------------- Bug #6680: Unclear rdoc for Array and String slicing https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6680#change-27650 Author: stomar (Marcus Stollsteimer) Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: drbrain (Eric Hodel) Category: DOC Target version: 2.0.0 ruby -v: ruby 1.9.3p243 (2012-06-28 revision 36244) [i686-linux] =begin Slicing of arrays and strings specifying start/length or using a range is not documented well, and often leads to confusion, see for example <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3568222/array-slicing-in-ruby-looking-for-explanation-for-illogical-behaviour-taken-fr> or <http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/1393096#990065> The attached patch tries to clarify the documentation. =end -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/