Использование оператора []
( документы ):
foo[0, 100] # Get 100 characters starting at position 0
foo[0..99] # Get all characters in index range 0 to 99 (inclusive!)
foo[0...100] # Get all characters in index range 0 to 100 (exclusive!)
Использование метода .slice
( документы ):
foo.slice(0, 100) # Get 100 characters starting at position 0
foo.slice(0...100) # Behaves the same as operator []
И для полноты:
foo[0] # Returns the indexed character, the first in this case
foo[-100, 100] # Get 100 characters starting at position -100
# Negative indices are counted from the end of the string/array
# Caution: Negative indices are 1-based, the last element is -1
foo[-100..-1] # Get the last 100 characters in order
foo[-1..-100] # Get the last 100 characters in reverse order
foo[-100...foo.length] # No index for one beyond last character
Обновление для Ruby 2.6 : Бесконечные диапазоны уже здесь (по состоянию на 2018-12-25)!
foo[0..] # Get all chars starting at the first. Identical to foo[0..-1]
foo[-100..] # Get the last 100 characters