From: Pierre-Charles David <Pierre-Charles.David@...>
Date: 2001-08-10T00:11:49+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:19436] Re: Simple Question 2

Steve Tuckner wrote:
> Is there a built in way to handle conversion of hex values in strings to 
> integers? Examples of possible syntax if it doesn't exist
> 
>  
> 
> "0xF0".to_i        # have it handle leading 0x for hex or 0 for octal

String#hex does what you want. String#oct also exists for octal values.

> "F0".to_i(16)    # pass in the base, assume decimal if no argument.

I don't know about this one, String#to_i assumes decimal format. It 
might be a candidate for an RCR.

-- 
Pierre-Charles David (pcdavid <at> emn <dot> fr)
DEA Informatique, �cole des Mines de Nantes, France