转自:http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/4041
// character to ASCII value: use ?
?a # => 97 ?/n # => 10
// string to integer: use []
'a'[0] # => 97 'hallo'[1] # => 97
// integer / number to character: use .chr
97.chr # => "a" 10.chr # => "/n"
//more info: "Ruby Cookbook", O'Reilly