From: nobu.nokada@...
Date: 2002-03-28T23:09:18+09:00
Subject: Re: parsing strings into numbers

Hi,

At Thu, 28 Mar 2002 12:43:13 +0900,
Dave Thomas wrote:
> Kinda messy, but you can do
> 
>   result = Integer(value) rescue Float(value)
> 
> or
> 
>   result = Integer(value) rescue Float(value) rescue nil

You need parentheses.

  result = (Integer(value) rescue Float(value) rescue nil)

-- 
Nobu Nakada