From: Todd <toddkennethbenson@...>
Date: 2005-11-09T05:37:12+09:00
Subject: Re: ASCII code thing...what gives?

Dale Martenson wrote:
> > irb(main):001:0> ?T
> > => 84
>
> The '?' operator returns the ascii code of the character
>
> > irb(main):002:0> "\84"
> > => "84"
>
> I think this is evaluated as "\8" and "4". "\x" returns "x" so "84"
> makes sense.
>
> Note: there is no decimal substitution only "\nnn" (octal) and "\xnn"
> (hex).
>
> > irb(main):003:0> "\124"
> > => "T"
>
> This matches the octal form a substitution so it is correct.
>
> > irb(main):004:0> "\124\84"
> > => "T84"
>
> As previously shown the first part matches the octal substitution
> "\124" => "T". The second part matches "\8" + "4" => "84". Thus "T84"
> is correct.

Yes, thanks to everyone for the quick response.  I don't even know
where I originally heard of the "\nn" operator, so couldn't find the
doc on it (maybe Pickaxe?).

my_num.chr will work perfect.

Thanks again,
Todd