Integers with preceding zero don't return as expected?

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09:02:40 ~ $ irb

07023

=> 3603

Thoughts? Huh?
-R

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Roger Pack ha scritto:

09:02:40 ~ $ irb
  

07023
      

=> 3603

Thoughts? Huh?
-R
  
With a preceding zero you are specifying an octal digit.

Andrea

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A leading zero makes it octal.

Harry

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On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 12:09 AM, Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@gmail.com> wrote:

09:02:40 ~ $ irb
>> 07023
=> 3603

Thoughts? Huh?
-R
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Roger Pack wrote:

09:02:40 ~ $ irb

07023

=> 3603

Thoughts? Huh?
-R

Implicit conversion of an octal number to a decimal, looks like.

07023 octal is 3603 decimal.

A leading 0 usually signifies the use of octal, instead of decimal
numbers, so Ruby does the right thing, just not in the way expected.

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A leading zero makes it octal.

Thanks guys.
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