From: "Jörg W Mittag" <JoergWMittag+Ruby@...>
Date: 2010-09-19T02:45:12+09:00
Subject: Re: converting number to its digits as an array

Ian Ian wrote:
> I'm new to ruby and I was trying to solve a problem where I convert a
> number into an array in such a way.
> 
> If I have the number 12345, how do I take that number and put it into an
> array but where each element is a digit of the number 12345?

There's a myriad ways to do that. I find this one the simplest,
easiest to read and easiest to understand:

    12345.to_s.chars.map(&:to_i)

jwm