From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2005-04-12T23:29:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Translating A Pattern of Data Into Equation, and ultimately code

Glenn Parker <glenn.parker@comcast.net> wrote:
> > 
> > irb(main):003:0> s = "abc"
> > => "abc"
> > irb(main):004:0>  s.gsub(/./){|c|((c[0]-?`)^($`.size+1)).chr}
> > => "\000\000\000"
> 
> Well, that's pretty funny, but it's also correct.  This particular 
> encoding, operating on the alphabet, i.e. "abcdefg..." produces all 
> zeros.  Think about it.

LOL! Okay, I feel silly now  :)

martin