From: Harry Kakueki <list.push@...>
Date: 2007-05-06T23:20:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Simple Q: bit string -> integer

On 5/6/07, Todd Benson <toddkennethbenson@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Is there a simple way to induce a bit string into an
> integer; for example, "10010000" into 144?  And also,
> to show a Fixnum in its different representations
> (hex, num, binary)?
>
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Try this

str = "10010000"
p str.to_i(2)
puts
p 255.to_s(16)
p 255.to_s(2)

Harry

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