From: Roberto Decurnex Gorosito <decurnex.roberto@...>
Date: 2007-12-18T23:35:45+09:00
Subject: Convert a char into numbre

I am have an String object like "12345678", and an Array object like
[ 8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1].
The main idea is:

myStr = '12345678'
myArray = [8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1]
total = 0

for i in 0..7
 total+= myStr[ i ].to_i  * myArray[ i ]
end


The awaited result is 120 but coz myStr[ i ] returns the ascii fixnum
i can' t get it

Like a quick solution i have to do this:

myStr = '12345678'
myArray = [8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1]
total = 0

for i in 0..7
       total += ( String.new << myStr[ i ] ).to_i * myArray[ i ]
end

It's so horrible!!!!! :(

Please, help my code to be beautiful as ruby is