From: Brandon Weaver <keystonelemur@...>
Date: 2012-12-28T03:40:08+09:00
Subject: numeric?

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I've found a bit of an annoyance trying to find out if a number is numeric
or not. I thought it would probably be a simple string method but I found
far more contrived solutions like regex matches. Eventually I settled on
monkey patching string with a Numeric? method using Float(self)! = nil
rescue false.

Is there a better way to go about this? If not, can we get something added
to the core?

Thanks for your time,

Brandon

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l rescue false. </p>

<p>Is there a better way to go about this? If not, can we get something add=
ed to the core? </p>
<p>Thanks for your time, </p>
<p>Brandon </p>

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