From: Aaron Patterson <aaron@...>
Date: 2009-07-06T08:13:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Convert an Character to the ASCII Character Code

On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 07:32:38AM +0900, John Gregory wrote:
> I have Ruby 1.9.1p129 and I want to convert an ASCII character to an
> Integer and a Float.
> 
> While reading the following web page, I found conflicts in the code
> usage:
> 
> 'Convert an Character to the ASCII Character Code'
> 
> Integer (?e)
> => 101
> 
> (then further down)
> 
> Float (?e)
> => 101.0
> 
> I received errors as per the attached screen snapshot.
> 
> I have found out that it is because I have version 1.9 and the above was
> only workable in version 1.8.
> 
> I would still like to know how to get the same results using my current
> version.

How about this:

  "e".getbyte(0)

and:

  "e".getbyte(0).to_f

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Aaron Patterson
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