to_s

/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     fix.to_s( base=10 ) -> aString
 *  
 *  Returns a string containing the representation of <i>fix</i> radix
 *  <i>base</i> (between 2 and 36).
 *     
 *     12345.to_s       #=> "12345"
 *     12345.to_s(2)    #=> "11000000111001"
 *     12345.to_s(8)    #=> "30071"
 *     12345.to_s(10)   #=> "12345"
 *     12345.to_s(16)   #=> "3039"
 *     12345.to_s(36)   #=> "9ix"
 *
 */
static VALUE
fix_to_s(argc, argv, x)
    int argc;
    VALUE *argv;
    VALUE x;
{
    VALUE b;
    int base;

    rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &b);
    if (argc == 0) base = 10;
    else base = NUM2INT(b);

    return rb_fix2str(x, base);
}