From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2006-05-12T09:39:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Ascii Character to Decimal Base 10 value


On May 11, 2006, at 7:47 PM, doug meharry wrote:

> Greetings all,
>
> I would like to know how one might convert a letter such as "H" to its
> corresponding ascii decimal value.  On the flip side, how might I take
> the decimal value and convert it back to the alpha-numeric
> representation.
>
> Is there something simpler or better than using the String class
> each_byte() method?  I seem to recall there is a simple way to do just
> this, but can't find it in the docs.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Doug
>
> PS: any ideas about doing this with Unicodes?
>
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?H #=> 72
?H.chr #=> "H"