From: Hans Mackowiak Date: 2013-03-10T05:52:50+09:00 Subject: Re: type casting and connversion in ruby hm its still a conversion because the type of the objects itself does not change. but Integer() method is cool too, because it has autosupport for hex numbers, like: Integer("0x1a") #=> 26 -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.