From: David Garamond Date: 2004-12-29T19:09:43+09:00 Subject: Re: help on making ruby code faster martinus wrote: > This is even faster: > > def self.from_base36(val) > Guid.from_i(val.downcase.tr('a-z0-9', '0-9a-z').to_i(36)) > end Hey, didn't know that String#to_i takes an argument. Cool... Regards, dave