From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2006-04-28T06:59:31+09:00
Subject: Re: is_number function ?

On Apr 27, 2006, at 4:56 PM, Todd S. wrote:

> Is there a function in core ruby to determin if a variable is a number
> or not?
>
> something like @XX.is_numeric? or is_number(@XX)

 >> "hello".is_a? Numeric
=> false
 >> 3.is_a? Numeric
=> true

Hope that helps.

James Edward Gray II