From: "Bartosz Dziewoński" <matma.rex@...>
Date: 2012-02-09T03:56:25+09:00
Subject: Re: A better way implement "it" the ruby way

Hate to be a party pooper, but... there's a method in core for it.
Fixnum#to_s can accept an optional argument, which is the base of
result, between 2 and 36 inclusive. Bases between 11 and 36 use
letters when there are not enough numbers.

11.to_s 36 #=> "b"
46655.to_s 36 #=> "zzz"

:)

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