added docs to String#from

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Francesco Rodriguez 2012-05-11 11:47:40 -05:00
parent 0822dc01f6
commit 07045fa919

@ -30,6 +30,19 @@ def at(position)
self[position]
end
# Returns a substring from the given position to the end of the string.
# If the position is negative, it is counted from the end of the string.
#
# str = "hello"
# str.from(0) #=> "hello"
# str.from(3) #=> "lo"
# str.from(-2) #=> "lo"
#
# You can mix it with +to+ method and do fun things like:
#
# str = "hello"
# str.from(0).to(-1) #=> "hello"
# str.from(1).to(-2) #=> "ell"
def from(position)
self[position..-1]
end