Converting a binary value to hexadecimal in Ruby

Question

I have a situation where I need to convert a binary value to hex in Ruby. My situation is as follows:

When bin = "0000111", my output should be: hex = "07".

When bin = "010001111", my output should be: hex = "08f".

Could someone help me out on how to do this? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

How about:

>> "0x%02x" % "0000111".to_i(2) #=> "0x07"
>> "0x%02x" % "010001111".to_i(2) #=> "0x8f"

Edit: if you don't want the output to be 0x.. but just 0.. leave out the first x in the format string.

Answer 2

def bin_to_hex(s)
    s.each_byte.map { |b| b.to_s(16).rjust(2,'0') }.join
end

Which I found here (with zero padding modifications):

http://anthonylewis.com/2011/02/09/to-hex-and-back-with-ruby/