Base62 encoding in Ruby
Language: Ruby
# Base62 encoding in Ruby
# Useful for creating tiny url slugs from numeric ids
#
# Example:
# Base62.encode 1_000_000 # => "4c92"
module Base62
CHARS = ('0'..'9').to_a + ('a'..'z').to_a + ('A'..'Z').to_a
# Adapted from http://refactormycode.com/codes/125-base-62-encoding
def self.encode(i)
return '0' if i == 0
s = ''
while i > 0
s << CHARS[i.modulo(62)]
i /= 62
end
s.reverse!
s
end
end
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