instance method `at`

Ruby on Rails 3.2.22.5

Since v3.0.20

Compare with:

at(position)

Returns the character at the position treating the string as an array (where 0 is the first character).

Examples:

"hello".at(0)  # => "h"
"hello".at(4)  # => "o"
"hello".at(10) # => ERROR if < 1.9, nil in 1.9

Parameters

Source

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/access.rb, line 11
    def at(position)
      mb_chars[position, 1].to_s
    end

Defined in activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/access.rb line 11 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in String