I know that I can use Fixnum#to_s
to represent integers as strings in binary format. However 1.to_s(2)
produces 1
and I want it to produce 00000001
. How can I make all the returned strings have zeros as a fill up to the 8 character? I could use something like:
binary = "#{'0' * (8 - (1.to_s(2)).size)}#{1.to_s(2)}" if (1.to_s(2)).size < 8
but that doesn't seem very elegant.