# Re: iterate chars in a string

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-iterate-chars-in-a-string/50714>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 20, 2005, 11:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-iterate-chars-in-a-string/50714 "2005-12-20T11:47:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 11:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-iterate-chars-in-a-string/50714/1 "2005-12-20T11:47:57Z")

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Logan C. [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)] :

#Careful, a character isn’t necessarily a byte in length. You gotta be  
#aware of $KCODE.

yup. i hope for an intelligent #each\_char in ruby 2.0 🙂

merry xmas and kind regards -botp