On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 17:25, Josef 'Jupp' Schugt wrote:
> Saluton!
> 
> * Dave Thomas; 2003-07-02, 20:26 UTC:
> > This is a test 'ri'. Please report errors and omissions
> > on http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?RIOnePointEight
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------ Fixnum#to_s
> >      fix.to_s( base=10 ) -> aString 
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >      Returns a string containing the representation of fix radix base
> >      (2, 8, 10, or 16).
> >         12345.to_s       #=> "12345"
> >         12345.to_s(2)    #=> "11000000111001"
> >         12345.to_s(8)    #=> "30071"
> >         12345.to_s(10)   #=> "12345"
> >         12345.to_s(16)   #=> "3039"
> 
> to_s works for any basis from 2 to 36 using these digits:
> 
> 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 0, a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h,
> i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z
> 
> Gis,
> 
> Josef 'Jupp' Schugt


Cool.  Is there a way to from a string to an int with any base?

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