From: Phrogz <phrogz@...>
Date: 2007-07-14T05:55:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Base 26

On Jul 13, 2:39 pm, Stefan Rusterholz <apei...@gmx.net> wrote:
> Mike Moore wrote:
>> Hey friends!  What is the best way to convert a Numeric to a string
>> encoded
>> with base 26?  I want the string to contain just alpha characters, not
>> alphanumeric characters.  For now I'm using num.to_s(26).tr('0-9a-p',
>> 'a-z')
>> and I'm wondering if there is a more concise way.
> Anyway, if you need that instead of what to_s(26) already does, then I
> don't know a shorter way.

How about (i+10).to_s(36)