From: Bill Kelly <billk@...>
Date: 2006-08-25T06:13:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Alternative to String#to_i ?

From: "Jeremy Lizt" <jeremy.lizt@gmail.com>
>
> Is there an alternative method to String#to_i that will return nil
> instead of zero for invalid numerical strings?

Integer("123")      # => 123

Ingeger("123x")     # ArgumentError: invalid value for Integer: "123x"

Ingeger("123x") rescue nil   # => nil




Regards,

Bill