s = "1234" [0..1]
p s      #> "12"
p s.to_i    #> 12
s = s[1]
p s      #> 50
p s.to_i    #> 50

I can see the reason for this happening, but I don't want it to happen.

So how do I make it return 2 instead of 50?
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