From: Kim Pedersen <kimersen@...>
Date: 2006-08-02T07:02:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Binary numbers

James Edward Gray II wrote:
> On Aug 1, 2006, at 4:33 PM, Dale Martenson wrote:
>
>> def binum(bs)
>> result = 0
>> bs.unpack("cCC").each {|b| result = (result << 8) | b }
>> result
>> end
>
> That's just crying out for inject():
>
> bs.unpack("cCC").inject(0) { |res, b| (res << 8) | b }
>
> ;)
>
> James Edward Gray II
Thanks,
ps. just bought your ruby quiz book :-)