Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> |What about adding zero padding (rjust by "0") by specifying an optional 
> |second argument? Don't you think it's little nicer to be able to say:
> |
> |  puts "64bit checksum is #{chk.to_s(16, 16)}"
> |
> |instead of having to say:
> |
> |  puts "64bit checksum is #{chk.to_s(16).rjust(16, '0')}"
> 
> I prefer
> 
>   printf "64bit checksum is %016x\n", chk

What about base other than 2, 8, 10, and 16 (yes, sorry, bad example. I 
was using base 36 actually).

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dave