String Ruby

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  4. Removes first character from self and returns it, changing self
class String
  def shift
    return nil if self.empty?
    item=self[0]
    self.sub!(/^./,"")
    return nil if item.nil?
    item.chr
  end
end
a = "this is a test"
puts a.shift