Turning long fixed number to array Ruby

Question

Is there a method in ruby to turn fixnum like 74239 into an array like [7,4,2,3,9]?

Answer 1

You can convert to string and use the chars method:

74239.to_s.chars.map(&:to_i)

Output:

[7, 4, 2, 3, 9]

Its a bit more elegant than splitting.