From: Trans Date: 2008-03-27T06:55:40+09:00 Subject: Re: Encode as alphanumeric On Mar 26, 5:24 pm, "t3ch.dude" wrote: > irb(main):001:0> readable = "\0\1ALf\3=".unpack('H*') > => ["0001414c66033d"] > irb(main):002:0> original = readable.pack('H*') > => "\000\001ALf\003=" Concise, but the resulting string is longer than I would prefer. Thanks though, T.