From: Yohanes Santoso <ysantoso@...>
Date: 2002-04-01T02:28:40+09:00
Subject: Re: parsing strings into numbers

Dave Thomas <Dave@PragmaticProgrammer.com> writes:

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

However, this can lead to unexpected result if used blindly:

irb(main):010:0> Integer "07"
7
irb(main):011:0> Integer "08"
ArgumentError: invalid value for Integer: "08"
	from (irb):11:in `Integer'
	from (irb):11

(because "0..." is Ruby's idea of an octal number, right?)

YS.