From: lalawawa <usenet@...>
Date: 2009-12-26T01:00:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie Question

On Dec 25, 10:51 am, Rajinder Yadav <devguy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> lalawawa wrote:
> > How do I turn the string "4.5" into the number 4.5 so I can do
> > arithmetic on it?
>
> irb(main):017:0> "4.5".to_f
> => 4.5
>
> --
> Kind Regards,
> Rajinder Yadav
>
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Thanks Rajinder, that did it!