From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2002-02-26T10:55:51+09:00
Subject: Re: How to convert "1110" to 14, "0111" to 7, etc.

Hi,

In message "How to convert "1110" to 14, "0111" to 7, etc."
    on 02/02/26, andrew queisser <andrew_queisser@hp.com> writes:

|How can I convert a string of binary digits to a number?
|I've got this but I imagine there's some kind of 
|built-in method. Is there?

If you're using 1.7.2, "1110".to_i(2) works.  Otherwise, try

  Integer("0b"+"1110")
  ("0b"+"1110").oct


							matz.