From: Brian Candler <b.candler@...>
Date: 2010-10-20T20:23:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Comparison error

Rajinder Yadav wrote in post #955622:
> you can also do
>
> age = Integer(ageText)
>
> the 2nd form will throw an ArgumentError exception if ageText is not a
> number

Beware that it also has some other behaviour you might not expect.

>> Integer("20")
=> 20
>> Integer("00020")
=> 16
>> Integer("0x00020")
=> 32

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