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title: "String#each Missing in ruby1.9"
description: "One might have noticed that String#each is no more present in ruby1.9 1.9.1 :002 ’hemanth’.each NoMethodError: undefined."
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# String#each Missing in ruby1.9

> One might have noticed that String#each is no more present in ruby1.9 1.9.1 :002 ’hemanth’.each NoMethodError: undefined.

One might have noticed that String#each is no more present in ruby1.9

1.9.1 :002 > "hemanth".each NoMethodError: undefined method `each' for "hemanth":String 

Lately, was working on huge code base where, code had String#each assuming it will always get an array as ruby1.8 has String#each and also Array#each, but it does not get Strings at times so had to fix them.

**Methods to fix :**

  * Check and cast :

if !obj.kind_of?(Array)
    
    
      acl_descs = ["#{obj}"]
    

end 

This was bit tedious, some 'sed' could have helped, but stopped it there!

  * Check and Create :

unless String.respond_to?(:each) class String
    
    
    def each
      self.split.each {|line| yield line}
    end
    

end end 

This was worth doing, but was in search of an easier way!

  * Aliasing for the win!

String#each_line is the method that helped a lot, as it was present in both 1.8 and 1.9.

class String alias :each :each_line end 

Finally, removal of String#each from 1.9 is really meaningful, as it was ugly string.each {|each_what???|

So, ruby 1.9 along with each_line has each_word and each_char.