From: Robert Klemme Date: 2007-01-15T21:00:05+09:00 Subject: Re: how to translate base 10 number into base 2 number On 15.01.2007 12:54, Jacob, Raymond A Jr wrote: > Is there a way to pad the result with leading zeros > i.e. 4.to_s(2) > "100" irb(main):004:0> "%08b" % 4 => "00000100" irb(main):005:0> sprintf "%08b", 4 => "00000100" robert