# Rstrip minor bug

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rstrip-minor-bug/8263>\
**Category:** Internals & Design\
**Created:** [January 10, 2018, 8:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rstrip-minor-bug/8263 "2018-01-10T08:04:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![nalimilan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nalimilan/32/147_2.png) [@nalimilan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nalimilan)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 10:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rstrip-minor-bug/8263/2 "2018-01-10T10:00:14Z")

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I think strings are now expected to use `1` as their first index, so that should always work. But it’s indeed a bit silly to call `start` in one place and use `1` in another. Would you make a pull request to use `a`? You can edit the file directly on GitHub.

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