From: Dossy <dossy@...>
Date: 2002-09-19T05:16:06+09:00
Subject: Re: signed hex conversion

On 2002.09.19, akolarik@sonexis.com <akolarik@sonexis.com> wrote:
> > I'd like to convert a string representing a 32 bit signed number like: 
> > 	"FFFFFFC4" or "0xFFFFFFC4"
> > into the integer value 
> > 	-60
> > or a string like
> > 	"-60"
> > and am not having a lot of luck with .hex, to_s, and .to_i.
> > 
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >  -- Tony K.

There's probably a better way, but:

[0xFFFFFFC4].pack("l").unpack("l")[0]   # => -60

-- Dossy

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