From: Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@...>
Date: 2006-05-22T00:30:34+09:00
Subject: Re: How to reverse String.unpack('H*')

On 5/21/06, Han Holl <han.holl@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The following works, but seems awfully complex:
> fl = "17000000"
> fl.unpack('a2a2a2a2').collect {|x| "0x#{x}".hex}.pack('I').unpack('I')[0]
>
> Any suggestions ?

irb(main):001:0> ["17000000"].pack('H*').unpack('I*')[0]
=> 23

Ryan