From: Greg Hauptmann <greg.hauptmann.ruby@...>
Date: 2008-08-06T14:50:48+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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umm...Date parse doesn't seem to be that good, for example see below

>> Loading development environment (Rails 2.1.0)
>>
?> Date.parse("123", "%d/%m/%Y")
=> Fri, 02 May 2008
>> Date.parse("123", "%d/%m/%Y").class
=> Date
>>


On 8/6/08, Greg Hauptmann <greg.hauptmann.ruby@gmail.com> wrote:
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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
>
>
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> 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?
> >>
> >
> >
> > require 'date'
> >
> > value = Date.parse(string) rescue Integer(string)
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> >
> > a @ http://codeforpeople.com/
> > --
> > we can deny everything, except that we have the possibility of being
> > better. simply reflect on that.
> > h.h. the 14th dalai lama
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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