Yuichi Masuda wrote: > > On Sun, 5 Nov 2000 21:00:11 +0900 > "Guy N. Hurst" <gnhurst / hurstlinks.com> wrote: > > > 1) > > Is there some alternative to the following: > > > > def ord > > ?(self[0].to_s) > > end > > > > obviously this doesn't work. Am I missing some other method? > > > > Is this what you want? > > irb(main):001:0> class String > irb(main):002:1> def ord > irb(main):003:2> self[0] > irb(main):004:2> end > irb(main):005:1> end > nil > irb(main):006:0> s = "abc" > "abc" > irb(main):007:0> s.ord > 97 > Oh dear, I've been up too long! How obvious. :-O Thanks, Guy N. Hurst -- HurstLinks Web Development http://www.hurstlinks.com/ Norfolk, VA - (757)623-9688 PHP/MySQL - Ruby/Perl - HTML/Javascript