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From: Phillip Curry on 19 Jan 2010 05:13 [Note: parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.] Is there a nice way to convert a string to an integer if it is in fact an integer, and to return nil or even an error if it's not? The method to_i returns 0 if the string is not an integer, which isn't hugely helpful, as I want to be able to distinguish between the integer 0 and non-integer strings. thanks
From: Jesús Gabriel y Galán on 19 Jan 2010 05:20 On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Phillip Curry <philfo(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Is there a nice way to convert a string to an integer if it is in fact an > integer, and to return nil or even an error if it's not? The method to_i > returns 0 if the string is not an integer, which isn't hugely helpful, as I > want to be able to distinguish between the integer 0 and non-integer > strings. > thanks > Try this: irb(main):002:0> Integer("12") => 12 irb(main):003:0> Integer("fdfdf") ArgumentError: invalid value for Integer: "fdfdf" from (irb):3:in `Integer' from (irb):3 from :0 irb(main):005:0> Integer("12ijk") ArgumentError: invalid value for Integer: "12ijk" from (irb):5:in `Integer' from (irb):5 from :0 irb(main):006:0> "12ijk".to_i => 12 But check the last example: to_i would have returned 12 ignoring the rest of the string, while Integer will raise an exception. Don't know if this fits your criteria. Jesus.
From: Phillip Curry on 19 Jan 2010 05:26 Yeah that's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for the help, I'm pretty new to ruby and still exploring all this stuff. 2010/1/19 Jesús Gabriel y Galán <jgabrielygalan(a)gmail.com> > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Phillip Curry <philfo(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Is there a nice way to convert a string to an integer if it is in fact an > > integer, and to return nil or even an error if it's not? The method to_i > > returns 0 if the string is not an integer, which isn't hugely helpful, as > I > > want to be able to distinguish between the integer 0 and non-integer > > strings. > > thanks > > > > Try this: > > irb(main):002:0> Integer("12") > => 12 > irb(main):003:0> Integer("fdfdf") > ArgumentError: invalid value for Integer: "fdfdf" > from (irb):3:in `Integer' > from (irb):3 > from :0 > irb(main):005:0> Integer("12ijk") > ArgumentError: invalid value for Integer: "12ijk" > from (irb):5:in `Integer' > from (irb):5 > from :0 > irb(main):006:0> "12ijk".to_i > => 12 > > But check the last example: to_i would have returned 12 ignoring the > rest of the string, while Integer will raise an exception. Don't know > if this fits your criteria. > > Jesus. > >
From: Rick DeNatale on 19 Jan 2010 09:37 On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 5:40 AM, Shot (Piotr Szotkowski) <shot(a)hot.pl> wrote: > Jesús Gabriel y Galán: > >> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Phillip Curry <philfo(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>> Is there a nice way to convert a string to an integer if it is in >>> fact an integer, and to return nil or even an error if it's not? > >> Try this: > >> irb(main):002:0> Integer("12") >> => 12 >> irb(main):003:0> Integer("fdfdf") >> ArgumentError: invalid value for Integer: "fdfdf" >> from (irb):3:in `Integer' >> from (irb):3 >> from :0 >> irb(main):005:0> Integer("12ijk") >> ArgumentError: invalid value for Integer: "12ijk" >> from (irb):5:in `Integer' >> from (irb):5 >> from :0 > > and if youd rather get nil, you can try rescuing the exception inline: > >>> Integer('12') > => 12 >>> Integer('fdfdf') rescue nil > => nil >>> Integer('12ijk') rescue nil > => nil However you need to be aware of issues like this: ruby-1.8.6-p383 > Integer("0xFF") => 255 ruby-1.8.6-p383 > Integer("033") => 27 ruby-1.8.6-p383 > Integer("082") ArgumentError: invalid value for Integer: "082" from (irb):5:in `Integer' from (irb):5 It should be obvious, but what's happening is that the Kernel#Integer method treats an initial 0 as indication of a radix, with 0x giving base 16, 0b base 2, and 0 alone base 8. If this is an issue, then I'd recommend validating arbitrary strings using a regex before conversion to an integer. Something like: def safe_string_to_int(string) if /^\d+$/.match(string) string.to_i(10) else nil end end There are probably better ways to write this, but I think that this form may be clearer for a newbie to understand. -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale
From: James Edward Gray II on 19 Jan 2010 10:28
On Jan 19, 2010, at 4:13 AM, Phillip Curry wrote: > Is there a nice way to convert a string to an integer if it is in fact an integer, and to return nil or even an error if it's not? The method to_i returns 0 if the string is not an integer, which isn't hugely helpful, as I want to be able to distinguish between the integer 0 and non-integer strings. I see you already have your answer, but just in case it helps I've written a blog post about some handy conversion methods, like Integer(): http://blog.grayproductions.net/articles/conversion_methods James Edward Gray II |