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diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/access.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/access.rb
index c0d5cdf2d5..5c32a2453d 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/access.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/access.rb
@@ -1,99 +1,106 @@
-require "active_support/multibyte"
+require 'active_support/multibyte'
class String
- unless '1.9'.respond_to?(:force_encoding)
- # Returns the character at the +position+ treating the string as an array (where 0 is the first character).
- #
- # Examples:
- # "hello".at(0) # => "h"
- # "hello".at(4) # => "o"
- # "hello".at(10) # => ERROR if < 1.9, nil in 1.9
- def at(position)
- mb_chars[position, 1].to_s
- end
-
- # Returns the remaining of the string from the +position+ treating the string as an array (where 0 is the first character).
- #
- # Examples:
- # "hello".from(0) # => "hello"
- # "hello".from(2) # => "llo"
- # "hello".from(10) # => "" if < 1.9, nil in 1.9
- def from(position)
- mb_chars[position..-1].to_s
- end
-
- # Returns the beginning of the string up to the +position+ treating the string as an array (where 0 is the first character).
- #
- # Examples:
- # "hello".to(0) # => "h"
- # "hello".to(2) # => "hel"
- # "hello".to(10) # => "hello"
- def to(position)
- mb_chars[0..position].to_s
- end
-
- # Returns the first character of the string or the first +limit+ characters.
- #
- # Examples:
- # "hello".first # => "h"
- # "hello".first(2) # => "he"
- # "hello".first(10) # => "hello"
- def first(limit = 1)
- if limit == 0
- ''
- elsif limit >= size
- self
- else
- mb_chars[0...limit].to_s
- end
- end
-
- # Returns the last character of the string or the last +limit+ characters.
- #
- # Examples:
- # "hello".last # => "o"
- # "hello".last(2) # => "lo"
- # "hello".last(10) # => "hello"
- def last(limit = 1)
- if limit == 0
- ''
- elsif limit >= size
- self
- else
- mb_chars[(-limit)..-1].to_s
- end
- end
- else
- def at(position)
- self[position]
- end
+ # If you pass a single Fixnum, returns a substring of one character at that
+ # position. The first character of the string is at position 0, the next at
+ # position 1, and so on. If a range is supplied, a substring containing
+ # characters at offsets given by the range is returned. In both cases, if an
+ # offset is negative, it is counted from the end of the string. Returns nil
+ # if the initial offset falls outside the string. Returns an empty string if
+ # the beginning of the range is greater than the end of the string.
+ #
+ # str = "hello"
+ # str.at(0) #=> "h"
+ # str.at(1..3) #=> "ell"
+ # str.at(-2) #=> "l"
+ # str.at(-2..-1) #=> "lo"
+ # str.at(5) #=> nil
+ # str.at(5..-1) #=> ""
+ #
+ # If a Regexp is given, the matching portion of the string is returned.
+ # If a String is given, that given string is returned if it occurs in
+ # the string. In both cases, nil is returned if there is no match.
+ #
+ # str = "hello"
+ # str.at(/lo/) #=> "lo"
+ # str.at(/ol/) #=> nil
+ # str.at("lo") #=> "lo"
+ # str.at("ol") #=> nil
+ def at(position)
+ self[position]
+ end
- def from(position)
- self[position..-1]
- 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
- def to(position)
- self[0..position]
- end
+ # Returns a substring from the beginning of the string to the given position.
+ # If the position is negative, it is counted from the end of the string.
+ #
+ # str = "hello"
+ # str.to(0) #=> "h"
+ # str.to(3) #=> "hell"
+ # str.to(-2) #=> "hell"
+ #
+ # You can mix it with +from+ method and do fun things like:
+ #
+ # str = "hello"
+ # str.from(0).to(-1) #=> "hello"
+ # str.from(1).to(-2) #=> "ell"
+ def to(position)
+ self[0..position]
+ end
- def first(limit = 1)
- if limit == 0
- ''
- elsif limit >= size
- self
- else
- to(limit - 1)
- end
+ # Returns the first character. If a limit is supplied, returns a substring
+ # from the beginning of the string until it reaches the limit value. If the
+ # given limit is greater than or equal to the string length, returns self.
+ #
+ # str = "hello"
+ # str.first #=> "h"
+ # str.first(1) #=> "h"
+ # str.first(2) #=> "he"
+ # str.first(0) #=> ""
+ # str.first(6) #=> "hello"
+ def first(limit = 1)
+ if limit == 0
+ ''
+ elsif limit >= size
+ self
+ else
+ to(limit - 1)
end
+ end
- def last(limit = 1)
- if limit == 0
- ''
- elsif limit >= size
- self
- else
- from(-limit)
- end
+ # Returns the last character of the string. If a limit is supplied, returns a substring
+ # from the end of the string until it reaches the limit value (counting backwards). If
+ # the given limit is greater than or equal to the string length, returns self.
+ #
+ # str = "hello"
+ # str.last #=> "o"
+ # str.last(1) #=> "o"
+ # str.last(2) #=> "lo"
+ # str.last(0) #=> ""
+ # str.last(6) #=> "hello"
+ def last(limit = 1)
+ if limit == 0
+ ''
+ elsif limit >= size
+ self
+ else
+ from(-limit)
end
end
end