From: Victor Blaga <vic.blaga@...>
Date: 2012-03-17T01:30:51+09:00
Subject: Converting Bignum into bytes

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Hi all,

I'm trying to convert a variable size BigNum into a variable length byte
representation and I don't know if there exists a direct way. I'm thinking
of Array#pack and String#unpack.

Something similar to, for ex:
big = 111111111111111111111111111111111111111
bytes = [big].pack("l*")
and then
big = bytes.unpack("l*")

Regards,
Victor

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Hi all,<div><br></div><div>I&#39;m trying to convert a variable size BigNum into a variable length byte representation and I don&#39;t know if there exists a direct way. I&#39;m thinking of Array#pack and String#unpack.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Something similar to, for ex:</div><div>big = 111111111111111111111111111111111111111</div><div>bytes = [big].pack(&quot;l*&quot;)</div><div>and then</div><div>big = bytes.unpack(&quot;l*&quot;)</div><div>
<br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Victor</div>

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