From: "ara.t.howard" <ara.t.howard@...>
Date: 2008-08-06T14:16:52+09:00
Subject: Re: is there a way to AutoParse a string to another type - e.g. if a Date format then date, else if integer than Integer etc ?????


On Aug 5, 2008, at 10:53 PM, Greg Hauptmann wrote:

> Does this exist somewhere in Ruby already?  Or do I have to write  
> myself?


require 'date'

value = Date.parse(string) rescue Integer(string)




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