public function val($index = 0) {

		if(false === ('-' . intval($index) == '-' . $index)) {
			return trigger_error(sprintf('Argument 1 passed to %s() must be of the type integer, "%s" given', __METHOD__, gettype($index)), E_USER_ERROR);
		}

		$val = $this -> strip();

		if(true === isset($val[$index])) {
			return $val[$index];
		}

		return null;
	}