From: Gennady <gfb@...>
Date: 2003-05-06T07:43:56+09:00
Subject: Re: [Q] How do you use Array#pack?

Array#pack:
http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/html/ref_c_array.html#Array.pack
String#unpack:
http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/html/ref_c_string.html#String.unpack

Most useful information contained in String#unpack description.

Gennady.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Carrera" <dcarrera@math.umd.edu>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 3:34 PM
Subject: [Q] How do you use Array#pack?


> I know now that I need to use Array#pack, could someone please tell me
> where I can find documentation on it?
>
> I'm not asking for one or two examples where I see it used.  I actually
> want to learn what this method does.  Pickaxe doesn't contain much.  Is
> there another resource?
>
> In particular, I want to find a list of all the inputs that pack can take
> and what they mean.  What is "A3"?  What is "b*"? To me they look like
> random strings of characters.
>
> I hope that someone can tell me where "The Fine Maual" is.
>
> -- 
> Daniel Carrera
> Graduate Teaching Assistant.  Math Dept.
> University of Maryland.  (301) 405-5137
>
>