From: Sebastian Hungerecker <sepp2k@...>
Date: 2007-11-02T03:47:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Can we define data types explicitly?

Shuaib Zahda wrote:
> After trying several ways of checking the data types of my input. I
> found that the best method to be used is is_a? or kind_of? because it
> returns true or false value. In my case, this is best.

User input will always be a string until you convert it.
user_input = gets
user_input.is_a? Integer
Will never be true - even if the user enters a number.


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