From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2008-02-28T07:20:01+09:00
Subject: Re: extracting hex keys from file


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 ?

Cheers

	robert