From: Jason Roelofs <jameskilton@...>
Date: 2007-10-05T23:31:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Hash assignment (what's happening?)

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Prefixing a '0' to a number makes it octal. Either make it a string or don't
add the 0.

Jason

On 10/5/07, Hector Quiroz <hquiroz@enh.org> wrote:
>
> From within irb, I'm creating a hash and populating it with the
> following data.
>
> irb(main):007:0> {:QHector => 1967, :WKelly => 2551, :ECron => 0220,
> :VLaura => 4003, :LWalter => 1188}
>
>
>
> Why is the value for the ':ECron' coming back as 144 instead of 0220?
>
> => {:ECron=>144, :VLaura=>4003, :LWalter=>1188, :QHector=>1967,
> :WKelly=>2551}
> irb(main):008:0>
>
>
>
> Thanks for your help in advance.
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