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instance method

String#chr

string.chr → string

static VALUE
rb_str_chr(VALUE str)
{
    return rb_str_substr(str, 0, 1);
}

Returns a one-character string at the beginning of the string.

Example

a = "abcde"
a.chr    #=> "a"

See also #chop! #clear #chop #codepoints also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1