From: cap <capitain@...>
Date: 2007-02-05T22:40:10+09:00
Subject: Re: not equal? "5".to_i+ "6".to_i and "5".to_i +"6".to_i

On Feb 4, 10:12 pm, Eric Jacoboni <eric.jacob...@free.fr> wrote:
> "cap" <capit...@gmail.com> writes:
> > ruby 1.8.5 (2006-12-25 patchlevel 12) [i686-linux]
>
Thanks very much!
I got it
> >>> "5".to_i+ "6".to_i
> > => 11
>
> so, you're calling "5".to_i.+("6".to_i), ie. "5".to_i.+(6),
> ie. 5.+(6), ie. 11
>
> >>> "5".to_i +"6".to_i
>
> you're calling "5".to_i(+"6".to_i), ie. "5".to_i(6),
> ie. "5" converted in base 6, ie 5
>
> Rule of thumb : always put spaces around operators...
>
> --