# Ruby

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## [How to pause execution in Ruby?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-pause-execution-in-ruby/126657)

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**Author:** [@keith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/keith)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2008, 4:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-pause-execution-in-ruby/126657 "2008-01-21T04:46:20Z")

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Is there a delay or pause function or anything of the like?

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## [Gem post-install script or files outside the gem hierarchy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-post-install-script-or-files-outside-the-gem-hierarchy/126634)

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**Author:** [@Jim\_Cain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jim_Cain)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2008, 3:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-post-install-script-or-files-outside-the-gem-hierarchy/126634 "2008-01-21T03:50:11Z")

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Is it possible for a gem to run a post-install script or write files outside of the gem directory structure? I am specifically needing to write config files to /etc and startup files to /etc/init.d and then run chkcon…

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## [Mrplot and Gruff japanese](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mrplot-and-gruff-japanese/126655)

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**Author:** [@Horacio\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Horacio_S)\
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**Last updated:** [January 21, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mrplot-and-gruff-japanese/126655 "2008-01-21T03:48:26Z")

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I am testing mrplot and gruff to dynamically create some graphs and they both work great. The only problem I have is that I am unable to display Japanese text in the graphs. I need the labels to be in Japanese (UTF8 i…

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## [How do I see a sample RMagick drawing? Help, Please!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-see-a-sample-rmagick-drawing-help-please/126654)

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**Author:** [@ribes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ribes)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2008, 3:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-i-see-a-sample-rmagick-drawing-help-please/126654 "2008-01-21T03:42:00Z")

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Team, I copied two drawings, one from The Ruby Way 2nd edition and one from the RMagick website. I try to run the pgms but I get nothing. I mean nothing, no errors, I just get the cursor back. The first sample (Th…

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## [kD-Trees implementation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/kd-trees-implementation/126160)

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**Author:** [@marcin\_r](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/marcin_r)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/kd-trees-implementation/126160 "2008-01-21T01:25:51Z")

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Hello. I started playing with ruby kD-Trees implementation, an thoughts? to be extended to allow for searching / parasing nodes class KDTree attr\_reader :root def initialize(points) @root = KDNode.new.parse(points) …

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## [Each\_char yields extra NUL](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/each-char-yields-extra-nul/126651)

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**Author:** [@Tanaka\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tanaka_A)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/each-char-yields-extra-nul/126651 "2008-01-21T01:19:24Z")

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## [(no subject)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/126650)

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**Author:** [@Nei\_Kai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nei_Kai)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/126650 "2008-01-21T01:17:39Z")

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## [Ruby Database Tutorials ( Oracle)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-database-tutorials-oracle/126326)

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**Author:** [@koko](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/koko)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2008, 1:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-database-tutorials-oracle/126326 "2008-01-21T01:09:24Z")

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Dear all, Can you tell me a good Ruby Database Tutorials site? I want to learn with Oracle Database. many thank in advance, regards, salai.

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## [Methods and scope - (noob alert)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/methods-and-scope-noob-alert/126620)

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**Author:** [@jmaenpaa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jmaenpaa)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/methods-and-scope-noob-alert/126620 "2008-01-21T01:07:06Z")

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This block of code works and it’s easy to see why:- def add\_two\_num p "gimme two numbers. first : " x = gets.chomp p "second : " y = gets.chomp out = x.to\_i + y.to\_i p out end add\_two\_num This next lot --doesn…

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## [wxRuby 1.9.4](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wxruby-1-9-4/126396)

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**Author:** [@absolute-beginner](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/absolute-beginner)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wxruby-1-9-4/126396 "2008-01-21T00:55:24Z")

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The wxRuby team is pleased to invite you to try the latest version of wxRuby, 1.9.4. \[ http://wxruby.rubyforge.org \] wxRuby is a cross-platform GUI toolkit for Ruby that provides native widgets and application behavio…

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## [(no subject)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/126647)

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**Author:** [@Bruce\_Dungey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bruce_Dungey)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/126647 "2008-01-21T00:51:17Z")

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## [SqlStatement 2.0 -- Generate complex SQL statements programmatically](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sqlstatement-2-0-generate-complex-sql-statements-programmatically/126632)

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**Author:** [@sevensoft](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sevensoft)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sqlstatement-2-0-generate-complex-sql-statements-programmatically/126632 "2008-01-20T23:11:01Z")

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sqlstatement - Generate complex SQL statements programmatically The main goal of this library is to be able to construct an SQL statement from “slices” that concern different aspects of the final query (perhaps in di…

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## [Fwd: Please Forward: Ruby Quiz Submission](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-please-forward-ruby-quiz-submission/229161)

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**Author:** [@bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbazzarrakk)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-please-forward-ruby-quiz-submission/229161 "2008-01-20T20:52:54Z")

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## [Newbie Question about Array#include?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-question-about-array-include/126633)

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**Author:** [@AoP](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/AoP)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-question-about-array-include/126633 "2008-01-20T19:55:23Z")

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Why does the “include?” method of Array end with a question mark? I thought the question mark was to indicate some sort of “unexpected” behavior, such as modifying the list, but it doesn’t seem to in this case. Thank…

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## [New sockets.cs patch submission](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-sockets-cs-patch-submission/126034)

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**Author:** [@Terence\_L](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Terence_L)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-sockets-cs-patch-submission/126034 "2008-01-20T19:46:34Z")

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Hello list, Please find attached another patch for Socket.cs with the following changes: Added class SocketStream : System.IO.Stream which wraps the socket and provides some stream-like functionality which RubyIO ca…

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## [Re: Ruby1.9String $B!%P%$%HNs$X$N%$%s%G%C%/%9!%"%/%;%9(B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby1-9string-b-p-hns-x-n-s-g-c-9-9-b/126613)

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**Author:** [@Hisanori\_Kiryu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hisanori_Kiryu)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby1-9string-b-p-hns-x-n-s-g-c-9-9-b/126613 "2008-01-20T18:03:03Z")

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## [Fwd: Please Forward: Ruby Quiz Submission](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-please-forward-ruby-quiz-submission/229166)

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**Author:** [@bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbazzarrakk)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-please-forward-ruby-quiz-submission/229166 "2008-01-20T17:01:40Z")

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## [Fwd: Please Forward: Ruby Quiz Submission](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-please-forward-ruby-quiz-submission/229132)

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**Author:** [@bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbazzarrakk)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-please-forward-ruby-quiz-submission/229132 "2008-01-20T16:59:19Z")

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## [Encoding of Iconv::Failure#success](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/encoding-of-iconv-failure-success/126624)

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**Author:** [@Tanaka\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tanaka_A)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/encoding-of-iconv-failure-success/126624 "2008-01-20T16:51:39Z")

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e$B0J2\<$N$h$&$K!“e(BIconv::Failure#success e$B$NJV$jCM$Ne(B encoding e$B$,e(B ASCII-8BIT e$B$K$J$k$N$G$9$,!”$3$l$OJQ49$K@.8y$7$?7k2L$J$N$G!"e(B e$BJQ49@h$Ne(B encoding e$B$K$J$C$F$$$k$HNI$$$H;W$&$s$G$9$,$I$&$G$7$ge(B …

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## [Need to know about time function in watir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-to-know-about-time-function-in-watir/126619)

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**Author:** [@bhavesh1\_sharma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bhavesh1_sharma)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-to-know-about-time-function-in-watir/126619 "2008-01-20T16:42:16Z")

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In my script i need to take system time and have to store it like one variable for hour, one variable for minutes and one varaible for seconds. How can i get system time. is there any buitin function in watir?

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## [Winclicker is not clicking the button on pop-up window](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/winclicker-is-not-clicking-the-button-on-pop-up-window/126618)

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**Author:** [@bhavesh1\_sharma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bhavesh1_sharma)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/winclicker-is-not-clicking-the-button-on-pop-up-window/126618 "2008-01-20T16:38:45Z")

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Hi, I have to create an script where i have to open an page in IE7. Once page is opened, i have to click the “Delete” button. As soon as i press the “Delete” button, an Windows Internet explorer window \[small window\]…

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## [Ruby, C, swig and variable types](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-c-swig-and-variable-types/126553)

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**Author:** [@Axel\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Axel_E)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-c-swig-and-variable-types/126553 "2008-01-20T16:25:46Z")

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Dear all, I’d like some advice about extending Ruby with C via SWIG … I’ve got a.) a bunch of files written in C doing some form of division with remainder on a set of algebraic objects, b.) a bunch of code in Ruby …

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## [Simple mail with Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-mail-with-ruby/126150)

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**Author:** [@bodikp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bodikp)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-mail-with-ruby/126150 "2008-01-20T16:10:29Z")

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Hi, I just want Ruby to enable me to send simple e-mails, sometimes with an attachment, if possible. Here’s all I want: To: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid (that’s me, as a test) From: my account,…

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## [Logging when files are required/loaded](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/logging-when-files-are-required-loaded/125674)

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**Author:** [@Mario\_TSL](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mario_TSL)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/logging-when-files-are-required-loaded/125674 "2008-01-20T15:02:38Z")

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Hi all, I am wondering if there is a quick and dirty way of displaying via “puts” the relative path name of files as required or loaded within the console. It would be useful for debugging. Presently I have a line a…

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## [Ruby Programming](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-programming/126562)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-programming/126562 "2008-01-20T13:10:19Z")

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iTechArt has specialized in Ruby on Rails (ROR) development and provides a complete software outsourcing services for web development solutions based on Ruby. We suggest use Ruby framework for developing database-back…

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## [OT Re: Web Programming with Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-re-web-programming-with-ruby/126609)

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**Author:** [@Mikel\_L](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mikel_L)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 11:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-re-web-programming-with-ruby/126609 "2008-01-20T11:07:35Z")

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On Jan 20, 2008 4:31 AM, Tj Superfly removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: Yep, I’ve gotten that far. It’s having a hard time “connecting” to apache and mysql though; so i’m wondering that i’m doing wrong there…

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## [No such file or directory](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-such-file-or-directory/126580)

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**Author:** [@nicksnels](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nicksnels)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 10:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-such-file-or-directory/126580 "2008-01-20T10:51:08Z")

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Hi, Ive just started learning Ruby and I’m having a problem with the following program. I’m running it on Ubuntu. lines = File.readlines("/home/nick/ruby/analyzer/oliver.txt") line\_count = lines.size text = lines.joi…

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## [Each\_char](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/each-char/126605)

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**Author:** [@Tanaka\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tanaka_A)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 10:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/each-char/126605 "2008-01-20T10:43:31Z")

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## [$B%3%s%Q%$%k$NLdBj(B (r15218)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/b-3-s-q-k-nldbj-b-r15218/126556)

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**Author:** [@drenovac](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/drenovac)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 7:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/b-3-s-q-k-nldbj-b-r15218/126556 "2008-01-20T07:14:29Z")

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r15128 e$BEv$?$j$Ge(B (e$B\<B$O$b$&\>/$7A0$+$ie(B) e$B%3%s%Q%$%k$G$-$J$/$J$j$^$7$?!#e(B e$BLdBj$O\<!$NDL$je(B: ruby ./tool/insns2vm.rb --srcdir=“.” /cygdrive/d/ruby/tool/instruction.rb:239:in \`block in load\_insns\_def’: …

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## [Nonlinear performance of each\_char](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nonlinear-performance-of-each-char/126561)

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**Author:** [@Tanaka\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tanaka_A)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 3:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nonlinear-performance-of-each-char/126561 "2008-01-20T03:24:13Z")

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String#each\_char e$B$N=hM};~4V$,J8;zNsD9$KHfNc$7$J$$46$8$G$9!#e(B % ./ruby -v -e ’ c = “\\xa1\\xa1”.force\_encoding(“euc-jp”); 1000.step(20000, 1000) {|n| s = c \* n t1 = Process.times.utime s.each\_char {|x| } t2 = Pr…

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