ruby slice string
a = "hello there"
a[1] #=> "e"
a[2, 3] #=> "llo"
a[2..3] #=> "ll"
a[-3, 2] #=> "er"
a[7..-2] #=> "her"
a[-4..-2] #=> "her"
a[-2..-4] #=> ""
a[11, 0] #=> ""
a[11] #=> nil
a[12, 0] #=> nil
a[12..-1] #=> nil
a[/[aeiou](.)\1/] #=> "ell"
a[/[aeiou](.)\1/, 0] #=> "ell"
a[/[aeiou](.)\1/, 1] #=> "l"
a[/[aeiou](.)\1/, 2] #=> nil
a[/(?<vowel>[aeiou])(?<non_vowel>[^aeiou])/, "non_vowel"] #=> "l"
a[/(?<vowel>[aeiou])(?<non_vowel>[^aeiou])/, "vowel"] #=> "e"
a["lo"] #=> "lo"
a["bye"] #=> nil