I know that I need to use [5].pack("n")
for example. This produces the output "\x00\x05"
But now I want to pack the length of a string. If I use:
"Hello".length.pack("n")
I get the error
undefined method `pack' for 5:Fixnum (NoMethodError).
How can I fix this? I've already tried to convert "Hello".length
into an integer with "Hello".length.to_i
but then I get the same error. Is there any way to fix this?
You need to use an array, not integer("Hello".length
is already one).
["Hello".length].pack("n")
# => "\x00\x05"