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Created June 23, 2011 23:44
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function to convert decimal to binary in Ruby.
def dec2bin(number)
number = Integer(number)
if(number == 0) then 0 end
ret_bin = ""
while(number != 0)
ret_bin = String(number % 2) + ret_bin
number = number / 2
end
ret_bin
end
# Integer("0b#{dec2bin 5}") will convert back to decimal.
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