From: Greg Hauptmann <greg.hauptmann.ruby@...>
Date: 2008-08-06T14:25:21+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 ?????

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thanks - in one line too....so I could do in fact then I guess:

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




On 8/6/08, ara.t.howard <ara.t.howard@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Aug 5, 2008, at 10:53 PM, Greg Hauptmann wrote:
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> Does this exist somewhere in Ruby already?  Or do I have to write myself?
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> require 'date'
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> value = Date.parse(string) rescue Integer(string)
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