Method: String#hex

Defined in:
string.c

#hex ⇒ Integer

Interprets the leading substring of self as a string of hexadecimal digits (with an optional sign and an optional 0x) and returns the corresponding number; returns zero if there is no such leading substring:

'0x0a'.hex        # => 10
'-1234'.hex       # => -4660
'0'.hex           # => 0
'non-numeric'.hex # => 0

Related: String#oct.

Returns:



10608
10609
10610
10611
10612
 
# File 'string.c', line 10608

static VALUE
rb_str_hex(VALUE str)
{
    return rb_str_to_inum(str, 16, FALSE);
}