Is it possible to convert range to string?

Question

Is it possible to convert a range to a string? The idea is to make alpha = ("abcdefg..." etc). I want to do:

alpha.scan(/./) do |letters|
  puts "I have five vowels", if letters.include?("a", "e", "i", "o, "u")
end

Method 1:

alpha = ("a".."z").to_s # Still returns a range

Method 2:

alpha = *("a".."z").to_s # Same; returns a range

Answer 1

Yes, try:

("a".."z").to_a.join # => => "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"

1. You need to convert range to array with to_a.
2. You can join the elements of the array.

Hope that helps!