From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2007-01-29T16:36:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Question about digits

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On 1/29/07, Pe=F1a, Botp <botp@delmonte-phil.com> wrote:
>
> From: Fer# [mailto:fernando.mdelacueva@gmail.com] :
>
> # irb(main):003:0> (0...arbitrary_number.to_s.length).map{|digit|
> # arbitrary_number.to_s.split('')[digit]}
> # =3D> ["1","2","3"]
>
> forgive my ignorance, but why are you splitting them and rebuilding back
> the array. I mean why not,
>
> # arbitrary_number.to_s.split ''
> # =3D> ["1","2","3"]
>
> and it works for signed and float too
>
> # arbitrary_number=3D-123.45
> =3D> -123.45
> # arbitrary_number.to_s.split ''
> =3D> ["-", "1", "2", "3", ".", "4", "5"]
>
> kind regards -botp


that's what we did, yielding as was required, no?
Cheers
Robert


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