From: Todd Benson <caduceass@...>
Date: 2012-10-10T21:38:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Convert String to Currency

On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 7:35 AM, Todd Benson <caduceass@gmail.com> wrote:
> s = "$6,178.50 USD / 22,693.01 AED"
> delta = 100.0 #only good to 3 sig figs due to 3.75
> h = Hash[*s.delete($,/).split()].invert
> h.each {|k, v| h[k] = v.to_f}
> puts h["US"]
> puts h["AED"]
> puts (h["US"] * 3.67).between?( h["AED"] - delta, h["AED"] + delta ) )
>
> 6178.5
> 22693.01
> true

Sorry, supposed to be "USD", not "US"