use an offset and length (two Fixnums) to tell [] the index location where you want to start, and then how many characters you want to retrieve : char in string « String « Ruby






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use an offset and length (two Fixnums) to tell [] the index location where you want to start, and then how many characters you want to retrieve


line = "A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!"
puts line[18, 23]

# You started at index location 18, and then scooped up 23 characters from there, inclusive.








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