From 5e7cf567556928f3e3e5b59c74ab1c42e7a23a09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gavin Zhao <74938940+GZGavinZhao@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2021 21:52:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] doc: add note on converting byte to escaped string (#11098)

---
 doc/docs.md | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/docs.md b/doc/docs.md
index 1f0e218dce..2d0a770a2c 100644
--- a/doc/docs.md
+++ b/doc/docs.md
@@ -482,8 +482,15 @@ s[0] = `H` // not allowed
 ```
 > error: cannot assign to `s[i]` since V strings are immutable
 
-Note that indexing a string will produce a `byte`, not a `rune`. Indexes correspond
-to bytes in the string, not Unicode code points.
+Note that indexing a string will produce a `byte`, not a `rune` nor another `string`. 
+Indexes correspond to bytes in the string, not Unicode code points. If you want to 
+convert the `byte` to a `string`, use the `ascii_str()` method:
+
+```v
+country := 'Netherlands'
+println(country[0]) // Output: 78
+println(country[0].ascii_str()) // Output: N
+```
 
 Character literals have type `rune`. To denote them, use `