From: Hassan Schroeder Date: 2010-08-11T13:18:49+09:00 Subject: Re: Hel;p with Tip Calculator On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 6:38 PM, jason joo wrote: > or just >>> input_string.to_s.gsub(/\D/,'') > for number format permitted Depending on what your actual numeric use case is :-) $ irb >> input = 9 => 9 >> input.to_s.gsub(/\D/,'') => "9" >> input = 9.095 => 9.095 >> input.to_s.gsub(/\D/,'') => "9095" >> -- Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ hassan.schroeder@gmail.com twitter: @hassan