Re: Number underscored gone wrong

Any number with a leading 0 is treated as an octal representation rather
than decimal.

[1] pry(main)> 0_50
=> 40
[2] pry(main)> 050
=> 40
[3] pry(main)> 050.to_s(10)
=> "40"
[4] pry(main)> 050.to_s(8)
=> "50"

-Jeremy


On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 10:13 AM Peter L <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear ruby fans...
>
> Just a quick question: I always thought underscores in numbers were
> ignored, like 100_000, 10_00 or 666_6.
>
> Buuut: did anyone of you tried to do following?
>
> > 0_50
>
> WTH :)
>
> Really - try it :)
>
> Would be great if someone could answer why this is not working as I
> imagined? :)
>
> Have a nice afternoon!
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