From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-08-25T06:18:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Alternative to String#to_i ?

Hi --

On Fri, 25 Aug 2006, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Aug 2006, Jeremy Lizt wrote:
>
>> Is there an alternative method to String#to_i that will return nil
>> instead of zero for invalid numerical strings?
>
>  int = Integer string

That will raise an ArgumentError if string is invalid for the purpose.


David

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