String[lastchar] -> string?

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Massimiliano Mirra [mailto:list@NOSPAMchromatic-harp.com] helpfully
informs:
…

I tried String.methods[40] n and got “to_a”.

Is it possible to do String.methods[40].man (or something like that)

See the thread beginning at [ruby-talk:30225]. I wanted to
see how few lines were needed to get in Ruby a feature that
some Pythonists were constantly bugging about. :wink: Guy Decoux
contributed some fixes and ideas offlist, so you won’t find
it all in the archives, but if you feel adventurous, I can
forward it to you. :slight_smile:

Massimiliano

pls do forward it sir Massimiliano.

I just wanted irb to be fully helpful (like inserting ri into it). Btw, I
notice (or maybe I just cannot find it) that the doc used by ri isn’t in
text form. I would like to modify the text/doc itself so that it would be
friendlier for us here. Eg, I could include comparison on how a certain
ruby code would be done if using rpg (right, the old ibm rpg)… This is
good for introducing ruby to us.

thank you -botp

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Forwarding offlist (~250 lines attachment). If anyone else is
interested, just mail me.

Massimiliano

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On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 10:36:59AM +0900, “Peña, Botp” wrote:

Is it possible to do String.methods[40].man (or something like that)
pls do forward it sir Massimiliano.