Thank you guys :) I feel a little less dumb :) (even if it's not really natural for me to have this behaviour on string but ^^)
Ben On Feb 15, 2013, at 12:33 AM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <s...@stfx.eu> wrote: > Euh, sure this works: > > (Number readFrom: 'FF' base: 16) printStringBase: 2 > > Number class>>#readFrom:base: > Integer class>>#readFrom:base: > > On 15 Feb 2013, at 00:26, "Torsten Bergmann" <asta...@gmx.de> wrote: > >> Sven wrote: >>> So something like this should work: >>> >>> (Integer readFrom: 'FF' base: 16) printStringBase: 2 >> >> Integer readFrom: 'FF' will not work since #readFrom: expects a string in >> decimal representation >> and 'FF' is hexadecimal. It also wont work for large numbers due to sending >> it to "Integer". >> >> Just use >> >> (Number readFrom: '16rFF') printStringBase: 2 >> >> which works for large numbers >> >> (Number readFrom: '16rFFFFFFFFF') printStringBase: 2 >> >> >> Bye >> Torsten >> >> > >
