RubyCrazy wrote:
> Is there a way to convert a String to an Array? I could only find the
> following -
> 'hello world'.scan(/./)

And what's the problem with that? Or do you want a different result?

Alternatively you can do

'hello world'.split(' ')

or

'hello world'.split(/\s+/)

if you want to split on any number of whitespace chars.

If you want to split just on single spaces, your original solution is 
faster.


Cheers,
Peter
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