From: Edmond Kachale <edmond.kachale@...>
Date: 2010-09-21T20:41:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Dividing a number into individual digits

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2010/9/21 Timothy Baron <timothy.baron@gmail.com>

> Here's a simple question:  What's an effecient way to get the digits of
> a number.  For instance, if I have the number 37, how can I get "3" and
> "7"?
>
I'm not sure about the efficiency but this can do:
number.to_s.split(//)
Ex: 1464002.to_s.split(//) =3D> ["1", "4", "6", "4", "0", "0", "2"]

Otherwise, you may need to derive a method of your own. :-)


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