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> > does anyone object to adding the method :size to class Range?
>  >>   def size; max - min + 1 end
>  >> end
> => nil
>  >> ("AA".."BB").size
> NoMethodError: undefined method `-' for "BB":String
>          from (irb):2:in `size'
>          from (irb):4
>          from :0
> 
> James Edward Gray II

Well, that's slow but could...

class Range
  def size
    inject(0){|s, dummy| s + 1}
  end
end

...be a solution?

cheers

Simon