On 14 ao?t, 11:31, Eric Hodel <drbr... / segment7.net> wrote: > On Aug 14, 2007, at 01:49, unbewust wrote: > > > > > i write a C extension to Ruby, some methods are dealing with octal > > number (bytes in english ?) for the file permission : > > > ie something like that : > > > 0777 or 0644 the first 0 (zero) meaning the following is a number > > coded in octal. > > > that's OK for input of octal number if for example, from ruby the user > > write : > > > this_file.perms = 0777 (then with the first 0) > > > i get the right number > > > however, for the time being, i'm returning, for the same value : > > > 777 instead of 0777 when the user wants to read the perms,, then my > > question how to return within a C est to Ruby an integer coded in > > octal ??? > > > thought, at that time i'm usinbg INT2FIX ( ) > > The easiest way will probably be to use sprintf. From C, use > rb_f_sprintf. > > -- > Poor workers blame their tools. Good workers build better tools. The > best workers get their tools to do the work for them. -- Syndicate Wars OK, thanks, but i don't want to print it just have it as a return value then you mean i can use sprintf to print to stdout and the value will be cached by Ruby ? this is for cosmetic purpose because my "octal" is well writen except the first "0" (zero) missing...