From: "Boris \"BXS\" Schulz" <bxs@...>
Date: 2003-12-14T04:11:59+09:00
Subject: .unpack("B*")

Hi,

I have a problem with "unpack".
When I try to unpack a string, I can easily adress the individual chars 
via the array.
But when I try to extract the binary values of a string, this does not 
work anymore. I can neither adress individual binary digits, nor the 8 
bits corresponding to a char.
Is this a feature or a bug ? And what can I do to adress the bits 
individually ? Further, how do I get the binary values of an integer ?

char = "ABCDE"
myint = char.unpack("B*")
puts myint >> 0100000101000010010000110100010001000101
puts myint[3] >> nil

greetings, BXS