How do I find the index of a character in a string in Ruby?
index(substring [, offset]) → fixnum or nilindex(regexp [, offset]) → fixnum or nilReturns the index of the first occurrence of the given substring or pattern (regexp) in str. Returns nil if not found. If the second parameter is present, it specifies the position in the string to begin the search.
"hello".index('e') #=> 1"hello".index('lo') #=> 3"hello".index('a') #=> nil"hello".index(?e) #=> 1"hello".index(/[aeiou]/, -3) #=> 4Check out ruby documents for more information.