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instance method

Symbol#slice

sym.slice(idx) → char

sym.slice(b, n) → string

static VALUE
sym_aref(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE sym)
{
    return rb_str_aref_m(argc, argv, rb_sym2str(sym));
}

Alias of #[]

Returns sym.to_s[].

See also #[] #size #start_with? #next also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1