From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2008-02-28T07:20:02+09:00
Subject: Re: extracting hex keys from file

On 27.02.2008 23:15, Robert Klemme wrote:
> 
> Please do not top post.
> 
> On 27.02.2008 22:34, Ben Aroia wrote:
>> I've read that.
> 
> So what did you mean by "from a known offset" and "accelerating the 
> pointer a bit with a simple loop"?
> 
>> I'm looking for an f.gethex (returns a string with "F4" or something) 
>> I could even deal with converting the f.getc value to a hex value (in 
>> a string format) I'm considering writing a giant if statement (but my 
>> fingers are starting to hurt)
> 
> What do you need that for?  Are you looking for 
> http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Fixnum.html#M001069 ?

PS: there's also String#unpack.