From: "ara.t.howard" <ara.t.howard@...>
Date: 2008-07-02T07:14:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Is posible String#to_s doesn't add the decimal value if not needed?


On Jul 1, 2008, at 4:09 PM, Iņaki Baz Castillo wrote:

> Hi, I want to convert a string to a Float value:
>
>  irb> "1.5".to_f
>  => 1.5
>
> But if I do:
>
>  irb> "1".to_f
>  => 1.0
>
> I get '1.0' instead of just '1'. Is not possible to just get '1' in  
> this case?
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
>
> -- 
> Iņaki Baz Castillo
>


n = Integer(n) rescue Float(n)

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