Hi,

In message "Re: Return the ASCII code ?"
    on 02/01/22, Martin DeMello <martindemello / yahoo.com> writes:

|>  "A".asc -> 65
|
|A fairly trivial RCR: given the frequency with which this gets asked, is
|there any reason not to add a String#asc method? 

We have to define the behavior first.  What if a string is longer than
1 character?  What if the character is NOT in ASCII range (e.g. Unicode)?
I can think of several more ambiguity.

Don't get me wrong.  I'm going to clarify.  It's the purpose of RCR.

							matz.