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Created October 25, 2013 20:58
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Stupid and un-optimized converter to other numerical bases(NUMBER.to_s(base))
def convert(number, base=10)
raise "base must be between 2 and 36" if base < 2 || base > 36
negative = number < 0
number = number.abs
number_array = []
loop do
number_array.unshift("0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"[number % base])
number /= base
break if number == 0
end
number_array.unshift("-") if negative
number_array.join
end
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