From: S2 [mailto:sto.giocando / motor.storm] # thanks. even if 'hllo'[0, 2] looks better upgrade? > [RUBY_VERSION, RUBY_PATCHLEVEL, RUBY_REVISION, RUBY_PLATFORM] => ["1.8.7", 5000, 0, "i686-linux"] > puts 'hllo' hllo => nil > puts 'hllo'[0, 2] h => nil > puts 'hllo'[0, 3] hl => nil